Malaria Vaccine

JUST IN: Ghana Becomes First Country To Approve Oxford’s Malaria Vaccine

Apr 13, 2023.Apr 13, 2023. by Ekohot Editor

Ghana has become the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that was designed by Oxford University. The vaccine dubbed R21 is shown to be highly effective based on preliminary studies conducted in Burkina Faso. According to BBC reports, the vaccine was found to be up to 80% effective when administered in three initial … Read more

WHO Approves World’s First Malaria Vaccine For Use

Oct 7, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

The program, which launched in 2019 and has reached over 800,000 children… In what it called a “historic” move, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that It has recommended widespread use of the world’s first and only malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where there are moderate to high … Read more