Nigeria Receives 10,000 Mpox Vaccine Doses From US

Reuters (8/29, Eboh) reports, “Nigeria has received 10,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the first batch of the vaccine to reach the country which has confirmed 40 cases with no fatalities so far.” National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) Executive Director Muyi Aina “called the donation a ‘critical step’ for Nigeria,” with the government deciding “to prioritize five states to receive the vaccines including Bayelsa, Edo, Cross-River and Lagos.” However, “NPHCDA has not yet said when the vaccines would be distributed or who would be prioritized for treatment.”