Cameroon Rolls Out First Routine Malaria Vaccination Program for Children

Monday Cameroon became the first country to establish a routine malaria vaccination program for children.

“It’s a historic day,” Aurelian Nguyen, chief program officer of the Gavi vaccine alliance told Agence France-Presse, marking a “turning point” in fighting the disease. “We have been working on the malaria vaccine for a very long time . . . 30 years.”

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. People often experience…