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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chinedu Asadu and Dan Ikpoyi

Hardest-hit Nigeria is latest African country to provide malaria vaccine to young children

Nigeria Malaria Vaccine - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a malaria vaccine, she was eager to protect her youngest child.

She took the 6-month-old baby to get his first shot at a health center in hard-hit Bayelsa state, where the country's vaccination campaign kicked off last week. The vaccine aims to prevent severe illnesses and deaths from the mosquito-borne disease.

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