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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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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.

A health care worker in protective equipment. Gavi/2023/Nr Dambali
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Gavi statement on mpox emergency in Africa

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance continues to be deeply concerned about the escalating mpox emergency on the African continent.

Vaccine manufacturing. Credit: Gavi
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