New malaria vaccine for children approved in Ghana

WHO has already rolled out a pilot programme of the world’s first authorised malaria vaccine, piloted in three African countries, including Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. 

Ghana’s Food and Drug Authority has granted full approval for children between five and 36 months to be given a new malaria vaccine (Jerome Delay/AP/PA)

Ghana has become the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine for young children.

Officials hope it will offer better protection against the disease that kills hundreds of thousands every year.