WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children
WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children
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WHO recommends use of first malaria vaccine for children
The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi
On tonight's show we talk to WHO's Global Malaria Programme, as the organisation has just recommended malaria vaccine rollout for children. It is a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds…
A randomised trial has found a seasonal vaccination and preventative drug combination lowers child hospitalisations and deaths from malaria by approximately 70%.
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