Kenya administers 450,000 doses of malaria vaccine in pilot programme
A health worker vaccinates a child against malaria in Homa Bay County, western Kenya, in September 2019. The vaccine (Mosquirix) is the world’s first malaria jab shown to provide partial protection against malaria in children and has been rolled out by the World Health Organization (WHO). PHOTO | AFP
Since the malaria vaccine launch in Africa in September 2019, Kenya has managed to administer the total four doses to 4,017 children, says the Ministry of Health.
The data, not publicly available but shared with The EastAfrican ahead of the World Malaria Day, shows that Kenya has administered more than 450,000 doses of the RTS,S malaria vaccine.
