WORLD’S FIRST MALARIA VACCINE REGISTERS SUCCESS IN WESTERN KENYA.0

• HEALTH
• February 3, 2022

The world’s first malaria vaccine, after 30 years in the making was deployed in some sub-Saharan African countries in a pilot program including; Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, since 2019 with funding from: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and,  the Unitaid. The RTS,S vaccine is the first malaria vaccine