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Ghana is first country to approve new malaria vaccine for kids

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DAKAR, Senegal � Ghana on Thursday became the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine for young children, one that officials hope will offer better protection against the disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.

Final results from late-stage trials have not yet been published, and the World Health Organization is still reviewing the new vaccine. Late-stage testing is underway in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali and Tanzania, with results expected later this year.

Ghana Malaria Vaccine

A baby from the Malawi village of Tomali is injected Dec. 11, 2019, with the world's first vaccine against malaria in a pilot program in Tomali.





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