World's first malaria vaccination programme for children launched in Cameroon

Euronews
Jan 22, 2024

World's first malaria vaccination programme for children launched in Cameroon


In Africa, there are about 250 million cases of malaria each year, including 600,000 deaths, mostly in young children.

Cameroon is the first country that will routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.

The campaign due to start on Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95 per cent of the world’s malaria deaths.