Wrestling malaria one vaccine at a time
Wrestling malaria one vaccine at a time HEALTH & SCIENCE An elderly woman gets tested for Malaria at FIMRC Health Center III in Bududa district, eastern Uganda. [AFP] One-year-old Blessing Achieng cries uncontrollably while getting a shot of the malaria vaccine at the Yala sub-county hospital. Her mother, Mary Atieno, is one among 10 women waiting for their babies to be vaccinated. For Atieno, it is the third dose which she says has kept her baby safe from malaria for the past year. Other babies are receiving either first or second dose. Atieno, from the malaria-endemic Siaya County, says...
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