650,000 African children given malaria jab: WHO ...United Arab Emirates

Geneva: Two years into a malaria vaccine pilot scheme, more than 650,000 children have been immunised across Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. Global advisory bodies for immunisation and malaria are expected to convene in October to review data on the vaccine and consider whether to recommend using it more widely. The RTS,S vaccine is the only existing jab shown to reduce malaria in children. It acts against plasmodium falciparum - the most deadly malaria parasite globally and the most prevalent in Africa. Progress against malaria has been stalling for a number of years. The WHO's World Malaria Report 2020 said progress against the mosquito-borne disease

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