Burkina Faso has officially integrated the first-ever recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), into its standard vaccination protocol. This development means…
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Liberia has obtained 112,000 doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S. This announcement follows Cameroon’s recent initiation of the RTS,S vaccine, making it…
Cameroon has initiated the world’s first routine malaria vaccine programme, contributing to a global effort expected to save numerous children’s lives across Africa. The RTS,S vaccine,…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has hailed the malaria vaccine as “safe and effective,” resulting in a substantial decrease in severe malaria cases. Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus,…
Parents alongside their children in the western city of Kisumu, Kenya are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the R21 vaccine. They are used to the RTS,…
A new malaria vaccine that has been termed a “world-changer” by the scientists who created it, and Ghana has become the first country to approve it. Contrary to…
Kenya launched a program this week to immunise more than 400,000 kids against the mosquito-borne illness with the world’s first malaria vaccine. The widespread vaccination drive…
A world-changing malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University under trial in West Africa offers up to 80% protection for two years. More than 400 children took…
Developing nations including Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi are asked to apply for funding to receive the malaria vaccine by the WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.…
Still reeling from the whammy of yet another African pilferage uncovered in the Pandora Papers, last week, the continent started like a house on fire. The…