“Using this vaccine in addition to the tools available to prevent malaria could save tens of thousands of young lives every year,” he added.
“For centuries, malaria has plagued sub-Saharan Africa and caused enormous suffering,” said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa.
“We’ve held out for years our hope of getting an effective malaria vaccine, and now, for the first time, we have a vaccine recommended for widespread use,” he added.
According to experts, the recommendation is a significant progress in combating the disease that kills a quarter of a million African children annually.
The RTS,S vaccine works against a parasite transmitted by mosquitoes, which is the world’s deadliest parasite and the most prevalent in Africa.
The vaccine is a glimmer of hope for Africa, where malaria kills more than 260,000 children under the age of five each year, especially as concerns grow about malaria drug resistance.
Since 2019, three countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, have started using the vaccine in select areas where malaria transmission is moderate to severe.
Two years after the world’s first on-the-ground testing of this vaccine began, 2.3 million doses have been administered.
In December, the International Vaccine Alliance will discuss whether and how it will fund the vaccination programme.
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