Mpox vaccines still unavailable where people most need them

Although Africa is the only place where mpox is endemic, the continent currently relies on vaccines shipped in from abroad to stop the spread. Carolyn Beeler speaks to Helen Rees, a global health expert and the co-chair of the National Department Mpox Incident Management Team overseeing South Africa's mpox response about what the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about making vaccines available where they're needed - and why those lessons aren't consistently being implemented now.