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"Another gay fear": community reflections on UK public health responses to the 2022 mpox outbreak

2026-02-16 sexual and reproductive health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundBetween May and December 2022, the UK Health Security Agency reported 3,585 cases of mpox. The 2022 global outbreak was characterised by transmission predominantly within sexual networks of gay and bisexual men (GBMSM). UK public health responses included information and vaccination campaigns, supported by behaviour change among GBMSM. We describe community reflections on the UK mpox outbreak and the responses to it. MethodsBetween August 2023 and April 2024, we conducted five focus g...

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