WHO supports Congo’s mpox vaccination drive; 265,000 doses aim to curb rising infections and deaths.
Sectors & Industries
October 7, 2024
The Ministry of Public Health and Prevention, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), just started vaccinating vulnerable groups against mpox in high-priority provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A total of 265,000 doses of the Bavarian Nordic mpox vaccine arrived in Kinshasa in September, donated by the European Union, the Government of the United States and Gavi with support from Africa CDC. The latest figures show 859 people have died from the mpox virus so far this year, with roughly 30,000 reported cases.
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