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malaria vaccine
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WHO Approves First-Ever Malaria Vaccine

The international health organization recommended that children living in areas with “moderate to high transmission” of P. falciparum malaria receive four doses on...

A mother holds her child during the launch of the malaria vaccine phased roll out in Homa Bay County. www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Sense of Relief as Families Embrace Malaria Vaccine Roll Out

Evidence and experience from the phased introduction will inform WHO policy recommendations on the broader use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine in sub-Saharan...

Mothers and children during the malaria vaccine launch. The ongoing pilots will provide the key information and data to inform a WHO policy on the broader use of the vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa. [Photo/WHO]
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Kenya Becomes Third Country to Pilot Malaria Vaccine

The vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be available to children from six months of age in selected areas of the country in a...

The malaria vaccine is administered to a five-month old child at Mkaka in Malawi www.businesstoday.co.ke
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Kenya suspends pilot test for malaria vaccine

The large-scale pilot-test malaria vaccine has been rolled out in Malawi and Ghana

The malaria vaccine is administered to a five-month old child at Mkaka in Malawi www.businesstoday.co.ke
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WHO: New malaria vaccine trial in Malawi marks ‘an innovation milestone’

Known officially as the RTS,S, vaccine, it will also be introduced in Ghana and Kenya in the coming weeks