The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared mpox – formerly monkeypox – to be a continent-wide public health emergency on August 13. A day later, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the highest level of alarm due to the mpox outbreaks in Africa and a potentially more contagious new variant. The WHO, however, advised against panic following the first imported case in Europe. Meanwhile the Africa CDC, while raising the alarm, has called for international help in achieving its target of providing 2 million vaccines. There are two vaccines, but they are in …