Mpox - Prevention, Response, and Care for Health Professionals

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Course Overview

This short, self-paced course provides health professionals with essential knowledge to recognize, prevent, and manage Mpox. Through five concise modules, learners cover Mpox transmission, symptoms, infection prevention and control, patient care, and community response. The course includes brief lessons, quizzes, and a final exam, with a free certificate upon completion.

Comprehensive Mpox Foundations

Covers the essential science, transmission, symptoms, and public-health context needed to understand and respond to Mpox effectively.

Flexible Micro-Learning Format

Structured in short, self-paced modules that make it easy for busy health professionals to progress quickly and retain key information.

Practical Response and Care Guidance

Provides clear, actionable instructions on infection prevention, screening, and patient management, preparing learners for real-world scenarios.

Course Structure – Learning Journey

Module 1: Introduction to Mpox
This module introduces the fundamentals of Mpox, including its definition, causative virus, structure, classification, and major clades. Learners review the basic epidemiology, pathophysiology, transmission patterns, and core approaches to diagnosis and treatment, including maternal and perinatal considerations. The module also outlines initial preparedness measures for healthcare professionals and facilities, examines the risk of Mpox spread in clinical settings, and presents key elements of community-level mitigation.
Module 2: Infection and Prevention Control
This module focuses on the core principles and practices required to prevent Mpox transmission in both clinical and community settings. It covers stressors related to Mpox and practical coping mechanisms, key elements of surveillance, and public-health measures that limit outbreaks. Learners also explore the role of smallpox vaccines, targeted vaccination strategies, universal precautions, proper PPE donning and doffing, and essential environmental cleaning and waste-management procedures.
Module 3: Screening and Evaluation
This module equips learners with the essential skills to identify and assess potential Mpox cases. It reviews transmission routes and setting-specific risks, outlines case definitions, and covers key diagnostic methods, including laboratory testing in both well-resourced and limited-resource environments. Learners examine symptoms to evaluate, important differential diagnoses, identification of high-risk patients, and the core principles of contact tracing.
Module 4: Caring for Mpox Patients
This module prepares learners to deliver safe, effective care across the full spectrum of Mpox severity. It covers management planning, isolation and cohorting, available treatment options, and referral pathways. Special considerations for pediatrics, immunocompromised patients, and pregnant individuals are included, along with recognition of severe disease and ICU criteria. The module also addresses mental-health impacts on healthcare workers, long-term follow-up needs, quality-assurance practices, and case-based applications to guide appropriate patient-care decisions.
Module 5: Scientific and Societal Responses to Mpox
This module explores how scientific research and public-health systems shape the global response to Mpox. It introduces key medical research designs and how to interpret findings in daily practice, reviews the role of scientific evidence in understanding Mpox, and highlights lessons from past outbreaks. Learners also examine the broader impacts of Mpox on healthcare systems and the public-health strategies used to manage and reduce its spread.

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Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for individuals involved in clinical care, public-health preparedness, and community-level disease prevention who need practical, up-to-date knowledge about Mpox.

Frontline Healthcare Providers

Clinicians such as doctors, nurses, and clinical officers responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients with suspected or confirmed Mpox.

Public Health and Outbreak Response Staff

Professionals working in surveillance, infection prevention and control, contact tracing, and emergency response who guide community and system-level interventions.

Health Students and Community Health Workers

Learners and frontline workers who support health education, early detection, and community outreach in both urban and resource-limited settings.

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