GENEVA ¨C The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday the use of a second malaria vaccine to curb the life-threatening disease spread to humans by some mosquitoes.
¡°Almost exactly two years ago, WHO recommended the broad use of the world¡¯s first malaria vaccine called RTS,S,¡± WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing in Geneva.
¡°Today, it gives me great pleasure to announce that WHO is recommending a second vaccine called R21/Matrix-M to prevent malaria in children at risk of the disease.¡±
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