MEDIA ADVISORY
NCDHHS Health Officials and Equality NC Host Town Hall on Growing Monkeypox Outbreak

RALEIGH — Equality NC is partnering with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to host another virtual town hall Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to share information on how to "Learn. Look. Locate." so North Carolinians at risk for monkeypoxcan learn the facts about the virus, what to look out for and where to find vaccines and treatment.

Anyone can get monkeypox, but the large majority of cases in North Carolina in the current outbreak are in men who have sex with men. See the current case summary and demographics at ncdhhs.gov/monkeypox.

Participants can attend the event at www.zoomgov.com/j/1606066835?pwd=dERLMTExTmR1azdBVVlTeGZLNXVLdz09or via One Tap Mobile.

What:

Monkeypox Town Hall: Learn. Look. Locate.

When:

Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022
6:30–8 p.m.

Who:

Mark Benton, DeputySecretary of Health, NCDHHS
Dr. Victoria Mobley, NCDHHS Medical Consultant and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Rebby Kern, Moderator, Director of Education Policy at Equality NC
Tanya M. Bass, PhD, MS, MEd, CHES®, CSE, Certified Sexuality Educator, Founder, NC Sexual Health Conference

Where:

Watch at https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1600523673. Or One tap mobile: US: +1 669 254 5252.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters and Communication Access Real Time Translation (CART) captioning will be available.

You can find the latest information about Monkeypox cases in North Carolina, along with details on North Carolina’s response to the outbreak on the NCDHHS website.

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