Africa: Gavi and Global Fund Welcome Progress Toward Potential Malaria Vaccine

press release

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today welcomed news that the European Medicines Agency has offered a positive scientific opinion on malaria candidate vaccine RTS,S.

The decision marks a further significant step towards the availability of a malaria vaccine. Gavi and the Global Fund will now await recommendations from the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts and the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee before deciding if and how to best support the use of the vaccine.

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