WHO says almost a million mpox vaccines have been allocated to Africa

The World Health Organization on Friday said almost a million doses of mpox vaccines have been allocated to nine countries in Africa.

This follows the establishment last month of an Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) to support the equitable and timely access to mpox vaccines in Africa.

“So far, more than 50,000 people have been vaccinated against mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, thanks to donations from the…