AUTHOR=Swed Sarya , Alibrahim Hidar , Bohsas Haidara , Jawish Nagham , Rais Mohammed Amir , Nasif Mohamad Nour , Hafez Wael , Sawaf Bisher , Abdelrahman Ahmed , Fathey Sherihan , Atef Ismail Ahmed Ibrahim Ismail , Almashaqbeh Sondos Hussein Ahmad , Yousef Aljawarneh Razan Mohammad , Rakab Amine , EL-Shafei Emad Hassan Hassan , Hurlemann Rene , Elsayed Mohamed E. G. , Data Collection Group , Daradkeh Albaraa , Antakly Zuhair , Armanyos Mirna Maged , Alsufyani Ajmal J. , Ghalib Al_hanani Salsabeel Abdulbaki , Idris Abubakr Moyasar Awad , Abdelsalam Alhashmi Hadeil Ali , Sulaiman Jarjees Abduljabar , Alwan Al-sharjabi Hadeel Fuad , Alhumaidi Nidaa T , Hassan Osman Monzir Ahmed , Helal Mohamed Basyouni , Al-Aswadi Abdulghani A , Elaagib Amna , Hamoud Azzam Amatalkhaleq Hussein , Ali Eltohry Alshaymaa Mortada , Abdelkaream Ishag Wesal Mohammed Ahmed , Ahmad Lyn , Al-Haddi Safiya Mohammed , Shaddad Ebrahim Ahmed , Sheikh Mergani Mawahib Hajhamed El , Ali Hossam Tharwat , Ahmed Aljalal Hadeel Shayef , Abdurabu Bamarhool Ashjan Nasser , Qasim Al-Dhaheri Manal Jamal , Mohammed Yousif Suhaib Hassan , Al-Garaid Waheeb Ali , Qazzaz Raghad Sameer , Abdullah Atiah Nora Ra'ed , Hassan Dua , Yehia Ali Haj , Qashwa Tahany A. , Achouri Imen , Mokbel Alhammadi Aseela Reyadh Abdu , Sheet Lana , Hraiz Wehba , Mohammed Ahmed Elgak Mohammed Ahmed Salah , Almaqdi Sarah Alawi , Ali Hashem Tehsib , Mohamed Kareem Fathy TITLE=A multinational cross-sectional study on the awareness and concerns of healthcare providers toward monkeypox and the promotion of the monkeypox vaccination JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=11 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1153136 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1153136 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=Background

The aim of this study was to explore potential healthcare workers' (HCWs) concerns about the monkeypox virus in order to create practical solutions to manage this disease.

Methods

Online cross-sectional research was conducted in 11 Arabic countries (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, and Sudan) from 2 August 2022 to 28 December 2022.

Results

Approximately 82% of respondents felt the need to acquire further information. The acceptability of the vaccine against monkeypox has been indicated by more than half of the participants (54.5%). Furthermore, we state that 45% of the participants are knowledgeable about the monkeypox virus, and 53.1% of the participants have never been affected with COVID-19 before are more worried about COVID-19 than about monkeypox. Participants diagnosed with COVID-19 were 0.63 times less likely to worry about monkeypox than those who were not diagnosed with COVID-19. A greater willingness to get the monkeypox vaccination was seen among the age group 21–30 years (42.4%) compared to the other age groups.

Conclusion

Most healthcare professionals have a moderate knowledge of the monkeypox virus. Furthermore, they demonstrated a low willingness to get the vaccination against the monkeypox virus.