The Punch Newspapers on MSN12h
Efforts to tackle mpox intensify over vaccine hesitancy
Jolaoso described the unfounded claim of vaccines “being unsafe or a tool designed to reduce African populations” as lacking ...
SABC18h
Rwanda starts mpox vaccinations
Rwanda has started vaccinating people in high-risk areas against mpox. It becomes the first country in Africa to do so. Rwanda’s campaign focuses on seven districts that border the Democratic Republic ...
Vaccine alliance struggles for funds as donors face financial pressures
The international alliance to send life-saving vaccines to poorer countries has never had a wider range of jabs at its ...
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EU sends first load of mpox vaccines to Congo
The European Union has delivered the first batch of 100,000 Mpox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ...
The Financial Express17h
India’s vaccination programmes: Are we ready to protect our populations from growing health risks?
As of now, when it comes to protection against prevalent diseases, Dr Gagandeep Kang, a renowned virologist, points that our ...
Mpox: UNHCR Launches Appeal To Support Refugees In African Countries
The disease has been endemic in parts of Africa for decades, but the rising number of cases of the new strain of the mpox virus, clade 1b, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...
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Vaccinations against mpox in Congo will begin next month, authorities say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A vaccination campaign against mpox in Congo will begin Oct. 2, authorities said Saturday, with workers focusing on the three most affected provinces first. Adults in ...