Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, mainly in Africa, and it is hoped a vaccine will bring down the toll.
CAPE COAST - Ghana on Tuesday rolled out the world’s only proven malaria vaccine for infants as part of a landmark campaign against the deadly mosquito-borne disease, one week after Malawi became the first country to do so.
“I hope this will help us to be able to eliminate malaria, so Ghana can be a malaria-free country,” said Justice Arthur, the doctor running the clinic. “I am really hopeful that the vaccine is going to help me and my family,” said Abigail Aguanyi, a woman waiting to get her child, Blessing, vaccinated. Many of her family members had previously been stricken.
To achieve this level of partial protection, four successive doses must be administered on a strict timetable - a challenge for rural Africa.The rollout in Ghana, Malawi, and soon also Kenya, will seek to evaluate the vaccine’s effectiveness as a complementary tool, augmenting - but not replacing - measures such as insecticide-treated bed nets and the use of sprays.
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