The United Nations Earnian Foundation purchases 18 million doses of malaria vaccine

The United Nations Children's Foundation (Children's Foundation) announced on the 16th that the malaria vaccine procurement contract with a total amount of up to 170 million US dollars has signed a total of 18 million doses of malaria vaccine in the next three years. Extinction of fatal diseases.

The British pharmaceutical company, which has obtained the procurement contract, has developed an malaria vaccine RTS, S. Since 2019, more than 800,000 children have vaccinated RTS and S vaccines in three pilot countries in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. Based on the results of the pilot vaccination, the World Health Organization suggested last October that children in the South Africa region and other malaria dissemination areas in the southern Sahara are widely vaccinated by children in high -risk areas.

In a news bulletin issued by the Foundation on the 16th, malaria is still one of the biggest killer facing children under 5 years old. In 2020, nearly 500,000 children in Africa died of malaria.

Malaria is a disease that threatens life caused by parasitic insects. It can be transmitted to humans through mosquito bites by the infected females. Malaria can prevent cure, but if the treatment is not timely, it may be fatal. According to the WHO data, more than 30 countries around the world have the moderate to highly transmitted areas of malaria. Once the supply of malaria vaccines increases, it can provide additional protection for more than 25 million children each year.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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