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[https://www.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl2616/files/our_work/DMM/Migration-Health/mhd_infosheet_malaria_and_mobility_17.04.2019.pdf by UN MIGRATION] | |||
Profound disparities, skill shortages, climate change, natural and man-made disasters and economic and political crisis have | |||
driven up the number of both internal and cross-border migrants. Over one billion people are now on the move, of which | |||
244 million are international migrants and 740 million internal migrants.1 | |||
Migration is a social determinant of health, it is | |||
often associated with poverty and social exclusion, which impede migrants’ willingness and ability to access health services | |||
Revision as of 19:01, 14 November 2025
Malaria Vaccine
A Malaria vaccine is a vaccine that prevents malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease which affected an estimated 249 million people globally in 85 malaria-endemic countries and areas and caused 608,000 deaths in 2022. The first approved vaccine for malaria is RTS,S, known by the brand name Mosquirix. As of April 2023, the vaccine has been given to 1.5 million children living in areas with moderate-to-high malaria transmission. It requires at least three doses in infants by age 2, and a fourth dose extends the protection for another 1–2 years. The vaccine reduces hospital admissions from severe malaria by around 30%
GLOBAL TECHNICAL STRATEGY FOR MALARIA
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression
of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement.
MALARIA AND MOBILITY
Profound disparities, skill shortages, climate change, natural and man-made disasters and economic and political crisis have
driven up the number of both internal and cross-border migrants. Over one billion people are now on the move, of which 244 million are international migrants and 740 million internal migrants.1
Migration is a social determinant of health, it is
often associated with poverty and social exclusion, which impede migrants’ willingness and ability to access health services
