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Congo-Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of the Congo Launches Malaria Vaccine Into Routine Immunisation
GAVI, 31 October 2024
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached a major public health milestone by successfully integrating the malaria vaccine into its national routine immunization… Read more »
DR Congo Makes Strides in Malaria Fight with Vaccine Rollout
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has achieved a major public health milestone by successfully incorporating malaria vaccination into its national immunization program.
According to WHO, the Democratic Republic of Congo is the 15th African country to offer malaria vaccines. 14 African countries have already adopted the malaria vaccine (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and South Sudan) that also use this vaccine.
A first round of vaccinations will be conducted in the Kongo Central province in the southwest. The country received 693,500 doses of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in June, which is recommended by the WHO for children between the ages of one and 23 months.
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