Doctor James Wakilonga Zanguilwa records information from an mpox patient at the Kamituga treatment centre in South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on September 20, 2024. Kamituga, one of the localities hardest hit by the epidemic with around a thousand confirmed cases, will be one of the first to receive the doses, according to the provincial health authorities. Kamituga, one of the localities hardest hit by the epidemic with around a thousand confirmed cases, will be one of the first to receive the doses, according to the provincial health authorities. (Photo by Glody MURHABAZI / AFP)