Child malaria

The Ghana Health Service has commenced the rollout of the newly introduced malaria vaccines in 136 districts in 11 regions as part of efforts to eliminate the devastating impact of malaria on children. The sub-national introduction of the vaccine, which is now part of the routine child immunisation programme in Ghana, will lead to the vaccination of about 200,000 children between the ages of six months and 18 months each year. The vaccine doses will be administered in four schedules for children at the ages of six months, seven months, nine months and 18 months, to be fully protected. Successful…