The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria. Dr.

Rwanda has launched the first mpox vaccination campaign in Africa, marking a significant step in the continent’s fight against the disease. As of Tuesday, the country administered 300 doses of the vaccine to high-risk individuals in a border region with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Rwanda has commenced the first African administration of the mpox vaccine, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), told journalists on Thursday that the first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday.