Malaria -- Ghana
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) announced today [Mon 24 Apr 2017] that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation program that will make the world's 1st malaria vaccine available in selected areas, beginning in 2018.
The injectable vaccine, RTS,S, was developed to protect young children from the most deadly form of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. RTS,S will be assessed in the pilot program as a complementary
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2pgfja0
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