Nigeria to Begin Mpox Vaccinations
Nigeria will begin vaccinations for Mpox from October 8 after regulatoryapprovals are concluded. Spokesperson for the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, RemiAdeleke, said after the vaccines had been subjected to regulatory lab analysis forthree weeks, they would be distributed across five states. Meanwhile, due to limited available doses (9,980) of the Jynneos MPox vaccine,Adeleke […]
US Donates Mpox Vaccines to Nigeria
The government of the United States of America has donated 10,000 doses of theJynneos vaccine to Nigeria for the prevention of Smallpox and Mpox in adults aged 18years and older who are at risk of Mpox infection. Speaking during the official handover of the Mpox vaccine to Nigeria in Abuja, theCoordinating Minister of Health and […]
Mpox declared as public health emergency in Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has declared Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, as a public health emergency in the continent. At a briefing today the Centre’s Director General, Jean Kaseya, vowed to mobilize institutions, collective will, and resources to act swiftly and decisively, to curb the […]
