2021-04-20 17:30:45 GMT2021-04-21 01:30:45(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NAIROBI, April 20 (Xinhua) More than 650,000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have received the malaria vaccine in the last two years since its launch, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday ahead of World Malaria Day to be marked on April 25.
Kate O Brien, WHO director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals said the three African countries have established robust infrastructure to ensure that children are inoculated against the tropical disease. Ghana, Kenya and Malawi show that existing childhood vaccination platforms can effectively deliver the malaria vaccine to children, some of whom have not been able to access insecticide-treated bed net or other malaria prevention measures, she said in a statement issued in Nairobi.
RTS,S malaria vaccine reaches more than 650 000 children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - Kenya
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Two years on from the launch of a pilot program, more than 1.7 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine have been administered in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, benefitting more than 650 000 children with additional malaria protection.
The number of children reached in this relatively short period indicates strong community demand for the vaccine as well as the capacity of the countries’ child immunization programs to deliver the vaccine on a novel schedule (4 doses up to about age 2 years). At a time when global progress in malaria control has stalled, the protection provided by the RTS,S malaria vaccine, when added to currently recommended malaria control interventions, has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives per year.
La vacuna frente a la malaria RTS,S ha llegado a más de 650 000 niños en Ghana, Kenia y Malawi en dos años
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