Malaysiakini logo
This article is 3 years old

WHO backs malaria vaccine rollout for Africa's children in major breakthrough

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday the only approved vaccine against malaria should be widely given to African children, potentially marking a major advance against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually.

The WHO recommendation is for RTS,S - or Mosquirix - a vaccine developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.

Since 2019...

Verifying user