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Government of Canada and Gavi deliver 200,000 doses of donated mpox vaccine to DRC

A shipment of 200,000 mpox vaccine doses donated by Canada and facilitated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance has arrived in the DRC.

Unloading of 200,000 doses of MVA vaccine at Kinshasa International Airport in DR Congo on 7 February 2025. © UNICEF/UNI732317/Ndomba Mbikayi
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Gavi concludes agreements to facilitate donations of 305,000 mpox vaccine doses on behalf of US, with the first delivery to Nigeria

Vaccines will be delivered to countries affected by the upsurge of mpox that continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The first shipment of 11, 200 doses arrived in Nigeria on 20 December.

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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…

Arrival of mpox vaccine doses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: US Department of State
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