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Côte d'Ivoire kicks off African rollout of promising new malaria vaccine

A health worker prepares a dose of the malaria vaccine in Abobo, Abidjan, in Côte d'Ivoire on 15 July 2024. © AFP - SIA KAMBOU

Côte d'Ivoire has begun vaccinating children against malaria using a new, affordable vaccine that it's hoped will prove a game changer in the fight against the deadly disease. Several other countries in Africa are expected to roll it out this year.

Health workers in Côte d'Ivoire began administering free doses of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine on Monday, in the first official vaccination campaign to use it.

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