History is being made by the World Health Organization. But of course, that comes as no surprise. The global health initiative has launched many moment-defining projects since its foundation. The most recent milestone is WHO’s approval of a vaccine that will help protect children from developing malaria.
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Juhi Deolankar shares the details of this groundbreaking moment in global health history and why it has the potential to save thousands of lives:
In underserved communities around the world, malaria continues to take the lives of roughly half a million people each year. Roughly half of those cases are children. But thanks to WHO’s most recent global health initiative concerning the first malaria vaccine for children: that’s all about to change. In particular, this vaccine is expected to make a monumental impact on children at risk of malaria infection in sub-Saharan Africa (the primary risk zone of the disease).