Risk communication and community engagement for Mpox vaccination in Eastern DRC
Think tank: Institute of Development Studies
Author(s): Tabitha Hrynick; Godefroid Muzalia; Myfanwy James
July 10, 2024
This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies looks at risk communication and community engagement for Mpox vaccination in Eastern DRC.
This brief presents social and political considerations for the design and implementation of vaccination-related risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies for mpox in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A nationwide outbreak of mpox (clade I) was declared in late 2022 and now affects 23 of its 26 provinces. Notably, the outbreak is characterised by widespread human-to-human transmission unlike previous outbreaks primarily involving animal-human contact.
