Cameroon: Malaria Child Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off in Cameroon

Cameroon has begun a large-scale malaria vaccination campaign that’s supposed to see 250,000 children immunized this year and next. Experts say it will save lives, even though the vaccine isn’t perfect.

On Monday, health authorities in Cameroon kicked off a vaccination campaign against malaria, a parasitic disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, most of them children. Around 95% of all deaths occur in Africa.

“The vaccination will save lives,” said Aurelia Nguyen, chief…