Galveston County Health District (GCHD) and Coastal Health & Wellness on October 11 were honored to host a group of special guests. At the request of the Japanese Ministry of Health, four of its infectious disease doctors, along with two doctors from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, visited GCHD to understand the strategic approach against the monkeypox virus in the United States and the health district. The group was led by Dr. Norio Omagari, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo, and Dr. Nigo Masayuki, an infectious diseases faculty member at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The group saw frontline work including community outreach and education, mobile vaccine clinics and clinical care for those infected.
