Malaria vaccine, WHO ok: “Historic moment”

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the widespread use of the first malaria vaccine (RTS, S / AS01) in children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with high or moderate transmission of the disease (P. falciparum ). The recommendation is based on the results of an ongoing pilot program in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, which has reached more than 800,000 children since 2019. “It is a historic moment – announced WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – Il the long-awaited anti-malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, for the health of children and for the control of malaria “. Its use, “on top of existing tools to prevent malaria, could save tens of thousands of young lives every year.”