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. 2024 Jan-Feb;30(1):E1-E4.
doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001814.

From Pandemic to Epidemic: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Applied to Mpox Outbreak Response, Westchester County, Metropolitan New York

Marina Keller  1 , Melissa Hellman, Dial Hewlett Jr, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Donald S Chen, Judith Watson, Ada Huang, Renee Recchia, Sherlita Amler, Renee Garrick; Westchester County Mpox Vaccine Coalition*
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From Pandemic to Epidemic: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Applied to Mpox Outbreak Response, Westchester County, Metropolitan New York

Marina Keller et al. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2024 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic vaccination infrastructure was redeployed to address the Mpox epidemic. The Westchester County Department of Health coordinated an effective vaccine distribution, tracking, and data collection process with community partners with real-time feedback of operational challenges and updated public health directives. Westchester County, which comprises 9% of the New York State population, administered 24% (6770 doses) of JYNNEOS (smallpox and monkeypox vaccine) across the state. Among first-dose recipients, 13% were Black and 25% were Hispanic, approaching countywide US Census race and ethnicity breakdowns. The operational template designed during COVID-19 can be readily redeployed for subsequent epidemics of even seemingly dissimilar infections like Mpox.

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