Tag: Mpox
Mpox Outbreak Is Not Under Control In Africa- Africa CDC Warns
The Africa Centres For Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday warned that the mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control,...
Gavi To Buy 500,000 Mpox Vaccine Doses For Africa
GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, is set to buy 500,000 doses of the Bavarian Nordic Mpox vaccine as part of its efforts to tackle the...
WHO Prequalifies Vaccine For Mpox
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to the MVA-BN vaccine, marking it as the first vaccine approved for mpox.
This milestone is expected...
Morocco Records First Mpox Case
Morocco on Thursday confirmed its first Mpox case in a man in Marrakech, the health ministry said.
The World Health Organization declared the recent outbreak...
DR Congo Expects First Delivery Of Mpox Vaccine Doses Today
The Democratic Republic of Congo said it is expecting to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on...
African Drug Maker Aspen In Talks With Partners To Manufacture Mpox...
The Chief Executive Officer of Aspen Pharmacare (APNJ.J), Stephen Saad, on Tuesday, said the company is in talks with partners to manufacture mpox vaccines...
Mpox Vaccine Doses To Arrive DR Congo In Next Few Days,...
The Director General World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that the mpox vaccines were set to arrive in the Democratic...
Africa’s Mpox Response Is Less Than 10% Funded, Says Africa CDC
A senior official from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Ngashi Ngongo, said on Wednesday that Africa had secured less...
Germany To Donate 100,000 Mpox Vaccine Doses To Combat Outbreak In...
A government spokesperson said on Monday that Germany would donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses from its military stocks to help contain the outbreak on...
Mpox Outbreak Widens As Different Strains Reach Côte d’Ivoire
The World Health Organization, has said that cases of mpox Clade 2 have been reported in Côte d'Ivoire.
According to national health officials, at least...