WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa
by Lizzy Davies from Science | The Guardian on (#5QDWC)
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.
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