Ghana is taking a significant step towards eliminating malaria by expanding its rollout of the malaria vaccine to 43 more districts in four regions.
About 200 thousand children under 2 years are expected to be reached in the exercise which started on September 25.
Since its initial rollout in 2019, Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi have routinized the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine in select areas.
Approximately 3.3 million Doses of vaccines have been given to a cohort of about 400,000 children under 2 since the vaccine introduction in 93 districts leading to a substantial reduction in severe malaria cases among children under 5.