Mpox vaccination Stories

Kenya joins early recipients of Mpox vaccine in Africa
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 11, 2024

This allocation is part of a donation from Gavi, the European Union, and the United States, who provided a total of 899,000 doses to nine African coun...

Kenya to begin Mpox vaccination next month
Barack Oduor  |  Nov 03, 2024

Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It spreads primarily through contact with an infected person, con...

WHO approves Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine for adolescents
Reuters  |  Oct 14, 2024

The WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years in August after a new type of the virus spread from the Democr...

Congo launches its first mpox vaccination campaign
Reuters  |  Oct 05, 2024

Since the start of the year in Africa, there have been 844 suspected and confirmed deaths from mpox and about 32,800 suspected and confirmed cases, mo...

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