Malawi is rolling out a malaria vaccine pilot programme for children on Tuesday in a bid to prevent the disease which kills hundreds of thousands across Africa each year.
Children between 5 months and 2-years-old will be inoculated, and according to the WHO, the vaccine will reach some 360 000 children per year until the end of 2022 across the three countries. "It's intolerable, the devastating effect for the families, societies. It's the potential to save so many children's lives that makes this vaccine so exciting."The protein-based RTS,S vaccine went through five years of clinical trials on 15 000 people in seven countries.
Hamel said that while the vaccine wasn't a perfect solution, the"WHO expects this vaccine could have considerable impact".
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