Cameroon has turn into the primary nation on the earth to start out routine vaccinations towards malaria.
The jab can be provided to all infants there as much as the age of six months outdated. Malaria kills greater than 600,000 folks yearly, with 95 % of deaths in Africa, and youngsters underneath 5 are essentially the most weak.
The British-manufactured RTSS vaccine has already been proven to cut back youngster deaths by 13 % by trials in Malawi, Kenya and Ghana, when used with different interventions like mosquito nets.
It is going to be rolled out in eight different international locations alongside Cameroon this 12 months.
We’re joined by Aurelia Nguyen, who’s Chief Programme Officer at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance who’re distributing the vaccine.
