(Nature) – Nature talks to the mpox coordinator for Africa’s public-health agency about how the continent is handling its first jabs ever.

Mpox has spread to 15 African countries in 2024, six of which had never seen a single case of the disease, leaving health officials scrambling to contain the continent’s deadliest mpox surge to date. But they finally have a new tool to help — vaccines — which have not previously been available in Africa despite mpox being detected on the continent decades ago. (Read More)