WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa

World Health Organization's director general hails historic day' in fight against parasitic disease

The World Health Organization has recommended the widespread rollout of the first malaria vaccine, in a move experts hope could save tens of thousands of children's lives each year across Africa.

Hailing an historic day", the WHO's director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that after a successful pilot programme in three African countries the RTS,S vaccine should be made available more widely.