A Third of Japan-Donated Mpox Vaccines Wasted in DRC Due to Storage Challenges

A third of Japan-donated Mpox vaccines wasted in DRC due to storage challenges

Approximately 35% of mpox vaccines donated by Japan to combat a dangerous new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being wasted due to stringent preparation requirements that leave doses unusable within hours, the head of the country's mpox response has told Reuters.

Third of donated Japanese mpox vaccines going to waste in Congo amid storage challenge - Regional Media News

By Sonia Rolley and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Around a third of mpox vaccines donated by Japan to the Democratic Republic of Congo are being wasted because they cannot be stored once prepared for use, the head of Congo's mpox response told Reuters. Japan has donated three million doses of its LC16 vaccine to Congo to help fight a new form of mpox known as clade Ib, which spread internationally and sparked a global health emergency last ye…