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UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration...
Read moreMpox cases in Nigeria reach 48 in at least 20 states
The number of monkeypox (mpox) cases in Nigeria has reached 48, with the virus now detected in Abuja and 20...
Read moreAfrica CDC says Africa’s mpox response is less than 10% funded
Africa has secured less than 10% of the estimated $245 million it needs to fight a surging mpox outbreak on...
Read moreNigeria is the first country in Africa to receive Mpox vaccines
Nigeria has become the first African country to obtain mpox vaccines. It received 10,000 doses vaccine from the United States...
Read moreRating agency warns Mpox to add to sub-Saharan Africa’s fiscal pressures
A rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the...
Read moreUganda confirms two more cases of mpox
Uganda has confirmed two more mpox virus infections, bringing the number of cases in the east African country to four,...
Read moreDR Congo reports more than 1,000 new mpox cases in a week
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reported more than 1,000 new mpox cases in the last week up to Tuesday as...
Read moreUganda strengthens border surveillance to prevent Mpox outbreak
To prevent mpox from entering the country, Uganda has intensified surveillance in its border areas with the Democratic Republic of...
Read moreAfrica CDC says countries could start mpox vaccinations within days
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other African countries could start vaccinating against mpox within days, Africa's top public...
Read moreDR Congo to receive Mpox vaccines next week
As the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday, August 19, that countries affected by the mpox variant initiate vaccination...
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