The World Health Organisation<\/a> Africa Office (WHO AFRO) has announced that the 10-day exercise was to take place across 12 high-burden states, with each of the target group receiving two doses of the vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Via the phased rollout that started in August, a total of 30,100 vaccine doses are being deployed in the following states: Benue, Edo, Kaduna, Plateau, Ogun, Ondo, Imo, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Rivers, and Cross River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, long before Nigeria, three other English-speaking West African countries had received Mpox vaccines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the International Journal on Infectious Diseases (IJID), Sierra Leone confirmed its index case of the recent outbreak on January 10, 2025<\/a>, following the 2022 global outbreak, and declared a public health emergency three days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With respect to vaccination efforts which is a major plank of the Mpox national response strategy, IJID stated: \u201cA major component of the national response is the mpox vaccination campaign launched on March 27, 2025, by the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Agency (NPHA), with support from WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, Africa CDC, and other partners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n March 2025 – 61,300 doses were procured, targeting healthcare workers, security forces, patient contacts, people living with HIV, university students, and high-risk communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On June 26, 2025, Sierra Leone had received a total of 153,000 doses of the mpox vaccine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis includes a donation of 20,000 doses from the United Arab Emirates and 75,000 doses from the Democratic Republic of Congo,\u201d the journal said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 40,000 individuals have now been vaccinated across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Africa CDC, as of May 2025, Sierra Leone has been added to \u201cthe Incident Management Support Team (IMST) list of the most mpox-hit nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n In April 2025, Liberia\u2019s Ministry of Health, with support of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), the WHO AFRO, the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), and others launched the Mpox vaccine campaign \u201cto stop the spread of the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe vaccination kicked off in Grand Cape Mount County, targeting contacts of confirmed Mpox cases, health workers and key populations,\u201d WHO Liberia stated in a social media post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the first to receive the vaccine were the Minister of Health, the Director General of <\/p>\n\n\n\n NPHIL and the County Health Officer of Grand Cape Mount.<\/p>\n\n\n Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Health, on August 23, 2025<\/a>, in a social media post, announced the acquisition of 33,600 vaccines to bolster the country\u2019s fight against the spread of Mpox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh disclosed that the vaccines form part of the government\u2019s measures to safeguard the health and well-being of Ghanaians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He emphasised that the availability of the vaccines marks a significant step in strengthening the nation\u2019s preparedness and response to potential outbreaks. \u201cThis is another milestone in safeguarding the health and well-being of our citizens,\u201d the Minister stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To date, the vaccine rollout campaign has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n The WHO\u2019s Mpox Multi-country External Situation Report no. 57 indicates that West Africa accounts for three of the eight countries currently rolling out Mpox vaccination campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMpox vaccination activities have started in eight countries with MVA-BN vaccine<\/strong> (the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria,<\/strong> Rwanda, Sierra Leone,<\/strong> South Africa, and Uganda), most of them are implementing a single-dose strategy targeting population groups at high risk of exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the WHO<\/a>, vaccines are important because they help prevent infection and slow the spread of Mpox between people. They also help to protect people from severe illness.<\/p>\n\n\nWho does the campaign target:\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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March 2025: Sierra Leone receives vaccine donation from DRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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April 2025: Liberia rolls out vaccination\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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August 2024 – Ghana receives Mpox vaccines\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What the World Health Organisation has said about vaccination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Similarities in vaccination rollout interventions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/td> Nigeria<\/strong><\/td> Sierra Leone<\/strong><\/td> Liberia <\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Target populations<\/td> Adults aged 18 plus who have had contact with confirmed mpox cases
Frontline health workers, including clinicians and lab staff
Individuals with weakened immune systems
Persons with high-risk sexual behaviours<\/td>Healthcare workers,\u00a0
Security forces,\u00a0
Patient contacts,\u00a0
People living with HIV,\u00a0
University students, and\u00a0
High-risk communities.<\/td>At-risk populations
Contacts of confirmed cases,\u00a0
Healthcare workers, and\u00a0
Hotspot communities<\/td><\/tr>National Health outfit<\/td> National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA)<\/td> National Public Health Agency (NPHA)<\/td> National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL)<\/td><\/tr> Support of Partners <\/td> The World Health Organisation (WHO),\u00a0
United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), and\u00a0
GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance.<\/td>WHO\u00a0
Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
UNICEF\u00a0<\/td>WHO\u00a0
Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>What is Mpox?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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