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  • DeKalb County Board of Health - Monkeypox Vaccination Appointment Friday July 29 at North Health Center

  • Thank you for your interest. Based on current guidelines, unfortunately, you do not meet the eligibility requirements for the monkeypox vaccine.

    JYNNEOS is a two-dose live virus vaccine that uses non-replicating modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA). 16 It is licensed by FDA for prevention of both smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults 18 years of age and older.

    https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/clinicians/people-with-hiv.html#:~:text=JYNNEOS%20is%20a,suppressed%20remains%20unknown 

  • If you currently have symptoms of monkeypox, including but not limited to: rash/blisters on the face, inside of the mouth, or on other parts of the body including hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus, fever, headache muscle aches or backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills or exhaustion:

    • Please contact your healthcare provider or the DeKalb County Board of Health at 404-294-3700 to receive evaluation and testing.
    • When you see a healthcare provider, wear a mask, and remind them that this virus is circulating in the area.
    • Avoid sex or being intimate with anyone until you have been checked out by a healthcare provider.
    • Avoid gatherings, especially if they involve close, personal, skin-to-skin contact.

     

  • If you have no symptoms but are a close contact of a confirmed case of monkeypox, Please contact DeKalb County Board of Health Epidemiology at 404-508-7870.


    You may contact 1-866-PUB-HLTH (782-4584) for more information on monkeypox and vaccination.


    More information on monkeypox may be found here:
    DPH - Monkeypox - https://dph.georgia.gov/monkeypox 
    CDC - About Monkeypox: https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/about.html 
    CDC - Prevention Strategies:  https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/prevention.html 
    CDC - Monkeypox Facts for People who are Sexually Active:  https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/sexualhealth/index.html 
    CDC - Monitoring for People Who Have Been Exposed:  https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/sexualhealth/index.html 
    CDC - Considerations for Monkeypox Vaccination:  https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/considerations-for-monkeypox-vaccination.html 
     

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    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

  •  Address:

    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

  •  Address:

    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

  •  Address:

    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

  •  Address:

    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

  •  Address:

    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

  •  Address:

    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

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    North DeKalb Health Center
    3807 Clairmont Road NE
    Chamblee, GA 30341
    United States

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