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December 8, 2025Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Assessment of Mpox knowledge and attitudes among health workers in Egypt and Arab countries based on a national survey and a meta-analysis

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RARasha AshmawySESamar Saeed Abdo ElsronbawAEAisha Elsharkawy

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National survey and meta-analysis identify knowledge gaps in Mpox among healthcare workers, suggesting urgent educational improvements.

Key Points

  • Assess knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers towards Mpox in Egypt and Arab countries.
  • National survey conducted among healthcare workers in Egypt
  • Literature search for relevant studies from the Arab region
  • Utilized descriptive statistics, chi-square, and t-tests for comparisons
  • Performed random-effects meta-analysis with heterogeneity assessment
  • Conducted subgroup analyses to explore factors of heterogeneity.
  • 37.6% of Egyptian healthcare workers had good knowledge of Mpox
  • 97.9% held positive attitudes towards Mpox
  • Meta-analysis showed 35% good knowledge and 48% positive attitude among Arab population
  • Higher positive attitude associated with female gender and healthcare workers

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Ashmawy et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/693624ad4fa91c937236c555https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-28446-z
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