Change "Monkeypox" to "Mpox" - Githubissues

SORMAS-Foundation / SORMAS-Project

SORMAS (Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System) is an early warning and management system to fight the spread of infectious diseases.

https://sormas.org

GNU General Public License v3.0

293 stars 143 forks source link

Change "Monkeypox" to "Mpox" #13082

Closed Candice-Louw closed 3 months ago

Candice-Louw commented 6 months ago

Problem Description

The name "Monkeypox" is being phased out in the international health context and replaced with "Mpox" instead. This is based on an announcement by the WHO on 28.11.2022 here: https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2022-who-recommends-new-name-for-monkeypox-disease.

Proposed Change

Change "Monkeypox" to "Mpox" throughout SORMAS, including the

[x] UI
[x] Data Dictionary
[x] Export/Import files
[x] Aggregate forms

Added Value/Benefit

International stipulations from the WHO.

Acceptance Criteria

[x] "Monkeypox" is replaced by "Mpox" throughout all of SORMAS ui module.
[ ] "MONKEYPOX" is replaced by "MPOX" throughout all of SORMAS backend.

Implementation Details

No response

Mockups

Case/Contact/EP information: Aggregate Reports: Data Dictionary:

Additional Information

The module was first introduced to SORMAS here: https://github.com/SORMAS-Foundation/SORMAS-Project/issues/366

obinna-h-n commented 3 months ago

Hi @Candice-Louw , for now we will change the caption only to reflect this change at the user interface level. The enum value change at the backend will require careful review before implementing.