Malawi begins world’s first large-scale malaria vaccination | TheCable

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Malawi has begun large-scale vaccination of children against malaria.

endorsedThe endorsement followed a two-year vaccination programme, which involved more than 800,000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.for children from five months of age to around 18 months, has an efficacy of 39 percent.The first phase of the vaccination in Malawi is expected to cover 11 of the country’s 28 districts.

In a tweet on Tuesday, the WHO in Malawi said the expansion of access to the malaria vaccine will enable more children at risk of malaria to benefit from an additional prevention tool. “Malawi has expanded access to the first malaria vaccine! The expansion of the RTS,S Malaria vaccine, into the 11 districts that participated in the malaria vaccine implementation program has been launched today. The vaccine offers a glimmer hope for Malawi,” WHO

 

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