Mpox: Nine most affected countries to receive vaccines

The countries to benefit from the vaccine allocation include Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda.

The Democratic Republic of Congo – reporting four out of every five confirmed cases in Africa this year – will take 85% of the nearly 900,000 doses allocated.

The Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) is an initiative of the World Health…