UNICEF Issues Emergency Tender To Secure Mpox Vaccines For Crisis-Hit Nations

Reuters (8/31, Shah) reported, “The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure mpox vaccines for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi vaccine alliance, Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, the organizations said in a joint statement on Saturday.” Depending on manufacturers’ production capacity, “agreements for up to 12 million doses through 2025 can be made, according to the statement.” Under the emergency “tender, UNICEF will set up conditional supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers, the statement said,” enabling “UNICEF to purchase and ship vaccines without delay, once financing, demand, readiness and regulatory requirements are confirmed.”