{"id":259850,"date":"2024-12-03T21:24:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:24:11","slug":"malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#8217;s worst-affected country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/392\/39268156.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mothers came to get their children vaccinated in Bayelsa state\" title=\"Mothers came to get their children vaccinated in Bayelsa state\" width=\"295\" height=\"162\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mothers came to get their children vaccinated in Bayelsa state<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the world, has begun rolling out a vaccine against the disease for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The West African nation accounts for almost a third of those who die from malaria each year.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine being introduced \u2013 called R21\/Matrix-M \u2013 is the second to be approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is being given to children between five and 15 months old.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say it is 75% effective but health experts recommend using it alongside other malaria prevention tools, such as mosquito nets and insecticides.<\/p>\n<p>The roll-out started in two of the worst-affected states &#8211; Bayelsa and Kebbi \u2013 and the plan is to expand it to the rest of the country by next year.<\/p>\n<p>Happiness Idia-Wilson\u2019s 11-month-old son was the first to receive the vaccine at a ceremony in Bayelsa.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was doing it &#8220;for the safety of the child, for him to be protected&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will tell mothers, and I will invite people [to be vaccinated],&#8221; the mother added.<\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa\u2019s commissioner for health, Prof Seiyefa Brisibe, said the state would be carrying out health campaigns to promote the use of the vaccine in all the local languages.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Nigeria accounted for 27% of global malaria cases and 31% of malaria deaths, according to the WHO, with children under five and pregnant women being the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Africa overall saw 95% of those deaths, amounting to some 580,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are confident that this vaccine, in combination with other preventive measures, will drastically reduce the burden of malaria in Nigeria and help us move closer to achieving the goal of a malaria-free Africa,&#8221; said Dr Walter Mulombo, WHO representative in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The government estimates that Nigeria loses $1.1bn (\u00a3870m) each year due to lost productivity and health expenditure linked to malaria.<\/p>\n<p>R21\/Matrix-M, developed by the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, uses three doses administered four weeks apart and a booster dose given after one year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo also began using the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have trialled another malaria vaccine &#8211; RTS,S.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria was not included in the subsequent roll-out of the jab by the WHO to 12 African countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mothers came to get their children vaccinated in Bayelsa state Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the world, has begun rolling out a vaccine against the disease for the first time. The West African nation accounts for almost a third of those who die from malaria each year. The vaccine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#039;s worst-affected country - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#039;s worst-affected country - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mothers came to get their children vaccinated in Bayelsa state Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the world, has begun rolling out a vaccine against the disease for the first time. The West African nation accounts for almost a third of those who die from malaria each year. The vaccine [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-03T21:24:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/39268156.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#8217;s worst-affected country\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-03T21:24:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":390,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/39268156.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Africa\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/\",\"name\":\"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world's worst-affected country - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/39268156.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-03T21:24:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/39268156.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/39268156.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":330},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/03\\\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#8217;s worst-affected country\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world's worst-affected country - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world's worst-affected country - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Mothers came to get their children vaccinated in Bayelsa state Nigeria, which has more malaria deaths than any other country in the world, has begun rolling out a vaccine against the disease for the first time. The West African nation accounts for almost a third of those who die from malaria each year. The vaccine [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-12-03T21:24:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":330,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/39268156.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#8217;s worst-affected country","datePublished":"2024-12-03T21:24:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/"},"wordCount":390,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/39268156.jpg","articleSection":["Africa"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/","name":"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world's worst-affected country - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/39268156.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-03T21:24:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/39268156.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/39268156.jpg","width":600,"height":330},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/03\/malaria-vaccine-rolled-out-in-worlds-worst-affected-country\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Malaria vaccine rolled out in world&#8217;s worst-affected country"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}