First 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Democratic Republic of Congo

A health worker carries medication to be given to a man suffering from mpox at the Kamituga General Hospital in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo 

The first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital, the country’s authorities said.

It comes three weeks after the World Health Organisation (Who) declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.