Mpox vaccine access set to speed up as WHO approves first jab

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 13, 2024 8:08 pm

Geneva, Switzerland — The WHO said Friday it had for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine — a move expected to speed up access to the jabs to fight an epidemic raging in Africa.

The announcement came on the heels of the arrival of the first MVA-BN vaccines to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of the epidemic.

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