Endorsement by World Health Organization’s experts announced in Geneva
The World Health Organization has approved the first malaria vaccine for widespread use, in a move experts hope could save tens of thousands of children’s lives across Africa.
Hailing “a historic day”, the WHO’s director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that after a successful pilot programme in three African countries the RTS,S vaccine should be rolled out more widely.
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