Children's Health Defense The WHO today triggered the process to grant Emergency Use Listing to two monkeypox vaccines. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the media the listing will accelerate vaccine access in lower-income countries that have not yet approved the drugs.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today triggered the process to grant Emergency Use Listing to two monkeypox vaccines.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the media the listing will accelerate vaccine access in lower-income countries that have not yet approved the drugs.
“Emergency Use Listing also enables partners including Gavi and UNICEF to procure vaccines for distribution,” Tedros said. He also said he would convene an expert group to determine if the spread of monkeypox — renamed mpox — in Africa should be declared a global emergency.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF are funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The WHO uses the Emergency Use Listing process to help member states that haven’t already authorized unlicensed vaccines, therapeutics and tests speed up their processes for authorizing them.
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