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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_M731Rtqw by PBS NewsHour YouTube] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_M731Rtqw by PBS NewsHour YouTube] | ||
Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Across Africa, it kills nearly half a million children younger than 5 each year. A new vaccine, only the second of its kind, holds the promise of saving thousands of lives and moving the world closer to eradicating malaria. Ali Rogin speaks with Andrew Jones, deputy director of immunization supplies for UNICEF, to learn more. | Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Across Africa, it kills nearly half a million children younger than 5 each year. A new vaccine, only the second of its kind, holds the promise of saving thousands of lives and moving the world closer to eradicating malaria. Ali Rogin speaks with Andrew Jones, deputy director of immunization supplies for UNICEF, to learn more. | ||
=====Everything you need to know about the malaria vaccine===== | |||
[https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/everything-you-need-know-about-malaria-vaccine by Gavi Staff 19/1/24 Gavi] | |||
Malaria is one of the biggest global health threats, with an estimated 247 million malaria cases and 619,000 malaria deaths globally in 2021, almost all of them in Africa. On this continent, the disease is one of the biggest killers of young children, with half a million children aged under five years dying each year. | |||
