Health Equity Considerations
TPOXX (Tecovirimat) Operational Planning Guide — Information for Providing Therapeutics for Persons with Mpox
When developing distribution plans within your jurisdiction, consider the following approaches to ensure equitable distribution to populations with health disparities7:
- Engage people from affected communities in planning for therapeutic programs and as trusted sources of information about Mpox and therapeutics
- Use non-stigmatizing, plain language8;
- Reiterate privacy of information and how data will be used
- Engage diverse partners who are already working with disproportionately impacted populations
- Provide information and increase awareness at pop up events and mobile outreach to reach people where they are
- Leverage clinical venues that serve people who have historically had less access to primary care, for example sexual health or STD clinics, LGBTQ+ health clinics, and pharmacies
- Minimize the use of systems that are first-come, first-served
- Implement equity interventions that prioritize populations less able to access therapeutics, (i.e., individuals who are uninsured) even if a first-come, first-served model is used
