Why mpox vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after two years

With the disease already affecting many African countries, Africa CDC reports that there is an acute shortage of vaccines.

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By  REUTERS

REUTERS

What you need to know:

  • It took the World Health Organization (WHO) until this month to start officially the process needed to give poor countries easy access to large quantities of vaccine via international agencies.

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