Public Health Challenges at the Upcoming Kumbh Mela 2025: Addressing the Mpox global public health emergency of international concern

• Avinash Sharma,
• Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales,
• Shruti Srivastava,
• Ziad A. Memish,
• Alimuddin Zumla

Affiliations

Avinash Sharma

BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science, Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India

Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

Corresponding author.; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Shruti Srivastava

Dr. D.Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, India

Ziad A. Memish

King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center, and College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory, University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Alimuddin Zumla

Department of Infection, Division of Infection and Immunity, Centre for Clinical Microbiology, University College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK