![]() The RTS,S vaccine has been administered to more than two million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi through a pilot programme that started in 2019. ![]() “This is another breakthrough moment for malaria vaccines and malaria control, and a ray of light in a dark time for so many vulnerable children in the world,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who called for vaccines to be scaled up. There were 247 million cases globally in 2021, and nearly 620,000 deaths, mostly among under-fives in Africa. Nearly every minute, a child under five dies of malaria, which is spread by infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. ![]() More than 330,000 doses of the RTS,S vaccine landed in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, on Tuesday night, as announced by WHO Gavi, the vaccine alliance, and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.
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