You are here

Malaria: Children in Ivory Coast receive first doses of new malaria vaccine, hailed as major milestone

Primary tabs

Comments

 Also see : https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/second-malaria-vaccine-launched-ivory-coast-new-milestone-2024-07-15/

...

The introduction of the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved R21 vaccine comes six months after the first malaria vaccine, called RTS,S and developed by British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L) , opens new tab, began being administered in a routine programme in Cameroon.

Some 15 African countries plan to introduce one of the two malaria vaccines this year with support from the Gavi global vaccine alliance.
...
howdy folks
Page loaded in 0.426 seconds.