WHO Recommends Use Of World's First Malaria Vaccine RTS,S

On October 6, the World Health Organization endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine. This is the first Malaria vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year. Mostly, African children have been affected by this disease. The decision came after a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in which more than two million doses were given of the vaccine. WHO recommended the broad use of the world’s first malaria vaccine after reviewing evidence from those countries. Every two minutes, a child dies of malaria, WHO said. Symptoms of Malaria include fever, headaches and muscle pain, then cycles of chills, fever and sweating. Watch the video to know more.