Japan has shipped the first 50,000 doses of a major donation of a domestically developed mpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following a supply request from the hard-hit central African nation last year for a total of 3,050,000 doses.
Japan Ships First Batch Of Mpox Vaccines To DRC
Initial 50,000 Doses As Cases Persist
Japan ships the first batch of 50,000 mpox vaccine doses to DRC after training local healthcare providers dealing with the persistent outbreak.
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