UNICEF issues urgent call for monkeypox vaccines

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued an emergency tender to secure monkeypox vaccines for crisis-hit countries.

Under the tender, UNICEF will set up conditional supply agreements with vaccine manufacturers.

This will enable UNICEF to purchase and ship vaccines without delay, once financing, demand, readiness and regulatory requirements are confirmed.

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Depending on the production capacity of manufacturers, agreements for up to 12 million doses through 2025 can be made.

A day earlier, Pakistan’s fourth case of the mpox virus was confirmed in Peshawar.

Earlier in August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared monkeypox a global public health emergency following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that spread to neighbouring countries.