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Mpox Vaccine Plan Aims to Avoid Covid Debacle in Africa
- Drive to set up regional vaccine industry is being renewed
- Community acceptance of the shots is key, Africa CDC says
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Public health officials fighting a lethal outbreak of mpox in Africa are struggling to avoid mistakes that cost lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, starting with the slow acquisition of vaccines.
In the week since the World Health Organization called the spread of the potentially deadly disease an international health emergency, there has been constant talk around getting the inoculations onto African soil. These are now expected to arrive next week.