Why mpox vaccines are only arriving in Africa now

Lessons from COVID about inequities haven't yet brought change.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Kate Turton, Newsletter Editor The first 10,000 mpox vaccines are finally due to arrive in Africa   Nyiragongo territory, DRC, August 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi Mpox vaccines are due to arrive in Africa this week, as a dangerous new strain of the virus - which has afflicted people there for decades - has caused global alarm. The slow arrival of the shots, which have already been made available in more than 70 countries outside Africa, showed that lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic about global healthcare inequities have been slow to bring change, half a dozen public health officials and scientists said. Read the full article Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters One Essential Read is sent three days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036