In total, 656,600 doses have been received, which will allow “initially to vaccinate 250,000 children aged 0 to 23 months“in 16 regions,” the government said.
In addition, the vaccine is listed in a “new childhood vaccination schedule” and will be administered in “4 doses (…) at 6 months, 8 months, 9 months and 15 months” he continues.
This is R21/Matrix-M, the second malaria vaccine for children recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) after RTS,S. It is manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII).
Its use has been authorized by the authorities of Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic.
More than 600,000 malaria deaths in 2022
If the number of deaths linked to malaria has decreased in Côte d’Ivoire, from 3,222 in 2017 to 1,316 in 2020, this disease “remains the primary cause of consultations“medical, according to the Ministry of Health.
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The Ivorian State is also organizing distributions of mosquito nets and insecticide spraying in endemic areas.
Malaria is a very old disease that causes fever, headaches and chills, becoming a serious or even fatal condition if left untreated. In 2022, it caused more than 600,000 deaths worldwide: 95% in Africa, including 80% of children under 5 years old, reports the WHO.
With AFP
