Cameroon received the malaria vaccine in the amount of 331 thousand doses from the UN. The first set of vaccines was handed over at the Yaounde-Nsimalen airport, the local newspaper CNA writes. According to Health Minister Manauda Malachi, vaccines will be administered only to children aged 6 to 24 months in 42 districts of the country that are most susceptible to the disease. They will receive 4 doses: the first — at the age of 6 months, the second — at 7 months, the third — at 9 months and the fourth — at 24 months.
"For Cameroon, receiving the first dose of the vaccine is a holiday, the number of doses will gradually increase. There will be about 4 million of them this year, 6 million next year, and 8 million in the following years," Malachi said.
At least 2.7 million people suffer from malaria in Cameroon every year. According to the minister, there are about 250 million cases of the disease in the world and about 600 thousand deaths, 95% of which occur in the country in Central Africa.
In July 2023, GAVI, WHO and UNICEF announced the allocation of 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine to 12 African countries for 2023-2025. These are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
The world's first antimalarial vaccine RTS, S, known as Mosquirix, was developed by the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The vaccine was administered to more than 800 thousand children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi during the pilot program, which started in 2019. Its effectiveness has been proven.
Two months ago, the World Health Organization approved a second malaria vaccine. It is assumed that it will be cheaper and more efficient than the first one. Who will be the next African football champion? Maybe South Africa? Download aviator hollywoodbets and place bets.
