Cameroon Rolls Out World's First Malaria Vaccine
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Cameroon is rolling out the world's first routine vaccine programme against malaria, in a global fight projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO)-approved...
show moreThe World Health Organization (WHO)-approved RTS,S vaccine, developed by British drugmaker GSK, is targeting infants in Cameroon's 42 worst-affected districts.
The central African country will be the first country to administer doses through a routine immunisation programme, following successful pilot campaigns in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi.
The four-dose vaccine is only about 30% effective and protection begins to fade after several months.
GSK says it can only produce about 15 million doses a year.
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