January 22
Cameroon: Cameroon Rolls Out First Routine Malaria Vaccination Program for Children
Monday Cameroon became the first country to establish a routine malaria vaccination program for children. Read more »
April 13, 2023
Ghana: Ghana First to Approve Oxford's 'World Changer' Malaria Vaccine
Ghana has become the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine described as a "world changer" by scientists who developed it at the University of Oxford. Read more »
March 09, 2023
Kenya: Kenya Rolls Out Vaccination Campaign Against Malaria
Kenya this week rolled out a campaign using the world's first vaccine against malaria to inoculate more than 400,000 children against the mosquito-borne disease. Health officials… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 Sets Back Global Malaria Efforts, Especially in Africa - WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic has set global malaria control efforts back, especially in Africa, the World Health Organization says. Read more »
November 30, 2022
Malawi: WHO, Malawi Roll Out Children's Malaria Vaccine
Malawi and the World Health Organization are rolling out a new malaria vaccine for young children that backers say will reduce deaths from the mosquito-borne disease. Read more »
November 14, 2022
Africa: Invasive Mosquito Threatens Malaria Control in Africa
Malaria exploded this year in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, which saw more than 10 times as many cases between January and May as it did in all of 2019. Read more »
October 10, 2022
Malawi: Malawi Announces Rollout of Children's Malaria Vaccine
Malawi's health ministry says it will soon roll out Africa's first malaria vaccine for children under age five. Read more »
August 17, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Launches Council to Eliminate Malaria By 2030
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a council to eradicate malaria and named Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, as its leader. Africa accounts for the vast majority… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Africa: Africa Prepares Rollout of World's First Malaria Vaccine
Preparations are underway for the mass rollout of the world's first malaria vaccine to protect millions of children in Africa. Read more »
April 25, 2022
Nigeria: Advocates Call for Rapid Roll-Out of Malaria Vaccines
Days ago, Semina Samuel's two-year old son woke up with a burning fever. She quickly took him to the community clinic where malaria was detected. Read more »