Malaria Vaccine

Africa has made remarkable vaccination progress, more can be done – report

By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency As the 2024 World Immunization Week comes to a close, a recent WHO report has highlighted Africa’s remarkable advancements in vaccine accessibility. According to the report, an estimated 51.2 million lives have been saved through vaccines on the continent over the past five decades. “For every infant life saved over that period, close to 60 years of life are lived,” a […]

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Africa

Cameroon rolls out world’s first Malaria vaccine

Cameroon is rolling out the world's first routine vaccine programme against malaria, in a global fight projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa. Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports from Accra.

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Africa

WHO says the arrival of malaria vaccines in Africa are a ‘breakthrough moment’

More than 330,000 doses of the World Health Organisation-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine have arrived in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children. Dominika Mortimer reports on the development.

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