In a significant move to combat the spread of Mpox, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has donated 10,000 Jynneous vaccines to Nigeria. The official handover took place on Tuesday, with Dr. Muyi Aina, Director General of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NHPCDA), addressing journalists.
Dr. Aina announced that distribution of the vaccines would begin immediately, prioritizing states with the highest Mpox cases and frontline health workers. He expressed gratitude to the US government for its support, emphasizing that the vaccines will be used judiciously to save lives and curb the spread of monkeypox across Nigeria.