Malaria

Nigeria has received 846,000 doses of the RTS, S/AS01 (Mosquirix) vaccine from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to combat malaria. This vaccine, proven to reduce malaria cases and mortality among young children…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed its readiness to proceed on nationwide clinical trials of a malaria vaccine called R21. The vaccine which they presumed has has 75% success…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said it has granted approval to Serum Institute Pvt. Ltd., SIIPL, R21 malaria vaccine for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria. The Director-General,…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a contract for the first ever supply of a malaria vaccine to GSK with a value of up to $170 million. UNICEF, in a statement on Tuesday, said the landmark award would lead to 18 million…