Kenya has announced this week a 'significant step' in the fight against Malaria as the East African nation expands use of the world's first-ever Malaria vaccine.
A child receives a shot during the launch of the extension of the worlds first malaria vaccine pilot program for children at risk of malaria illness and death within Kenyas lake-endemic region at Kimogoi Dispensary in Gisambai on March 7, 2023.Kenya's Ministry of Health has announced this week a "significant step" in the fight against Malaria as the East African nation expands its use of the world's first-ever malaria vaccine.
The expansion follows the recommendation from the World Health Organization and the Kenya National Immunization Technical Advisory Group for wider use of the vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa and regions with moderate to high malaria transmission. The malaria vaccine is currently in use in three African countries thus far -- Kenya, Ghana and Malawi -- and the vaccine has a total of four doses administered to the individual at 6 months, 7 months, 9 months and 24 months.
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