WHO approves malaria vaccine, worldwide in every two minutes a child is dies due to malaria [TKB Health]

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine for children. The organization has described it as a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control. The recommendation for the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine is based on the results of an ongoing pilot program in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that started in 2019. Every two minutes a child dies in the world due to malaria.

Addressing a press conference on malaria vaccine recommendations, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said tens of thousands of young lives could be saved every year by using vaccines in addition to existing tools to prevent malaria.

“It’s a powerful new tool,” he said. But like the corona vaccine, it is not the only tool. Vaccination against malaria does not replace or reduce the need for bednets or other measures including fever care.” He also said that he was looking forward to the day when malaria, an ancient and dreadful disease, would be vaccinated and Today is that day. Today is a historic day.

Let us tell you that malaria is spread through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito. Mosquito-borne diseases cause fever, flu-like illness. If the patient does not get treatment soon, then the disease can spread further and the person may even die. According to the WHO, children below the age of 5 years are the most vulnerable group to be affected by malaria.

Malaria kills more than 400K people worldwide every year. In such a situation, the world is going to get a big relief with the arrival of the vaccine. The WHO said that every two minutes a child dies of malaria in the world. Several vaccines exist against malaria viruses and bacteria, but this is the first time the WHO has recommended a vaccine for widespread use.