WHO approves world’s first malaria vaccine

Washington (US) – World Health Organization has approved the first malaria vaccine RTS, S/AS01. African countries that are most affected by malaria will be provided with the vaccine first. Other countries can decide for themselves if they should use the vaccine or not.

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Children younger than 5 years are most affected by malaria. Every 2 minutes, one child dies of malaria. In 2019, around 409,000 people died of malaria, out of which67% (274,000) were children younger than 5 years of age.