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A woman dries her baby suffering from a severe form of Mpox at the Kavumu hospital, 30 km north of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024.

A woman dries her baby suffering from a severe form of Mpox at the Kavumu hospital, 30km north of Bukavu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 24, 2024.

Photo by Glody Murhabazi/AFP via Getty Images.

Despite Availability, Africa Can’t Access Vaccine Doses Needed to Contain Mpox Spread

The current health emergency underlines the inadequate preparedness of African countries to deal with serious disease outbreaks.