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15,000 mpox vaccine doses arrive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A shipment of 15,460 doses of mpox vaccine, donated to Gavi-eligible countries by the vaccine manufacturer Bavarian Nordic, arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today to support the global and regional effort to contain the…

Joint statement: UNICEF issues emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO

UNICEF today announced that it has issued an emergency tender for the procurement of mpox vaccines.

Central African Republic introduces new malaria vaccine in routine EPI to vaccinate around 200,000 children in 2024

The Central African Republic (CAR) today introduced the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine into its routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), becoming the fourth country to introduce the new vaccine after Côte d'Ivoire.

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Nurse Madelein Semo vaccinates a young baby at the Ngbaka health centre in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: Gavi/Phil Moore

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