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WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa

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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