BBC : declared in Malaria: Kenya, Ghana and Malawi get first vaccine

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said: "The prospect of a malaria vaccine is great news. Image copyright D Poland/PATH Image caption The vaccine has been tested extensively in more than 15,000 childrenThe world's first vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries - Ghana, Kenya and Malawi - starting in 2018. It is why the WHO is running pilots in three countries to see if a full malaria vaccine programme could be started. "Combined with existing malaria interventions, such a vaccine would have the potential to save tens of thousands of lives in Africa." Malaria vaccine: How good is good enough?

AFRO: Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi to participate in malaria vaccine pilot program

WHO is working with the three countries to facilitate regulatory authorization of the Vaccine for use in the pilots through the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum (AVAREF). The malaria vaccine will be administered via intramuscular injection and delivered through the routine national immunization programmes. The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) announced today that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated malaria vaccine implementation programme (MVIP) that will make the world's first malaria vaccine available in selected areas, beginning in 2018. "The prospect of a malaria vaccine is great news. The injectable vaccine, RTS,S, was developed to protect young children from the most deadly form of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.


The malaria vaccine will be administered via intramuscular injection and delivered through the routine national immunization programmes. WHO recommendations and RTS,SRTS,S was developed by GSK and is the first malaria vaccine to have successfully completed a Phase III clinical trial. "The prospect of a malaria vaccine is great news. The injectable vaccine, RTS,S, was developed to protect young children from the most deadly form of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Brazzaville, 24 April 2017 - The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) announced today that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation programme that will make the world's first malaria vaccine available in selected areas, beginning in 2018.


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