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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended for the world’s first malaria vaccine to be widely used
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS, S/AS01 (RTS, S), has been approved for children in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Health Organization, the vaccine is the result of 30 years of research and development by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British pharmaceutical company, in collaboration with the international non-profit organization Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) and a network of African research centers.
The WHO’s advice is based on the findings of more than 2.3 million doses of the vaccine given to more than 800,000 children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi in pilot countries since 2019. According to the WHO, the vaccine helped more than two-thirds of children in the three countries who were not sleeping under a bednet, resulting in a 30% reduction in severe malaria, even when it was introduced in areas where insecticide-treated nets were widely used and diagnosis and treatment were readily available.
According to the WHO, the vaccine has a favorable safety profile, with no detrimental effects on bednet use, other children’s vaccines, or health-seeking behavior for febrile illness. At a news conference, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “It’s safe, it greatly reduces life-threatening severe malaria, and we anticipate it to be highly cost-effective.” “The vaccine should be given in a four-dose regimen to children starting at five months of age for the reduction of malaria disease and burden,” according to the WHO.
Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease spread by bites from infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. It’s both avoidable and treatable.
Malaria is still the leading cause of childhood sickness and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to WHO data. Every year, more than 260,000 African children under the age of five die as a result of the disease.
“This long-awaited malaria vaccine is a scientific, child-health, and malaria-control breakthrough,” Tedros added. “This vaccine is a gift to the globe, but its benefit will be felt most strongly in Africa, where malaria is most prevalent.”
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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