How Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand avoided large-scale mpox (formerly monkeypox) outbreaks in 2022-2023

Affiliations

• ¹ Sydney Local Health District and Northern Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
• ² ASHM (the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ³ The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ⁴ Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• ⁵ Health Equity Matters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ⁶ Mid North Coast Local Health District, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
• ⁷ South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ⁸ Te Whatu Ora - Hauora a Toi and Lakes Districts, Aotearoa, New Zealand.
• ⁹ Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ¹⁰ Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
• ¹¹ College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.