Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Mpox (ECOPOX) Vaccine Acceptance Initiative

Team members Prof Dalau Nkamba and Dr. Georges Mutenge in Maluku Region, Kinshasa Province en route to administer a vaccination coverage survey among hard-to-reach communities, November 2024. Photo: Sydney Merritt.

Project overview

The ECOPOX project aims to assess mpox knowledge, risk perception, and vaccine acceptability among at-risk populations in DRC to guide community-specific vaccine deployment and sensitisation campaigns.

Countries
Democratic Republic of Congo
Organisations
University of Manitoba
Partners
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB)
Area of funding
Humanitarian Research
Grant amount
£123,005
Start date
01
January
2025
End date
31
October
2025
Project length (in months)
10
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Topics
Communicable diseases
Status
Live

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