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In Malawi, the first malaria vaccine is saving lives

30 October 2023

Nearly 2 million children have been reached with the first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01, through four years of pilot introductions in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, as part of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme, MVIP. The RTS,S malaria vaccine is having high impact – implementation of the vaccine has resulted in substantial reduction in severe malaria and child deaths. This is Grace's story, about what the malaria vaccine means to her and her child, Beauty.