World’s Second Malaria Vaccine Launches In Ivory Coast

Reuters (7/15, Fick) reports, “The world’s second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine programme using shots developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India.” So far, “Ivory Coast has received a total of 656,600 doses of the Oxford and Serum shot, which will initially vaccinate 250,000 children aged between 0 and 23 months across the West African country.” The Serum Institute of India “has produced 25 million doses for the initial rollout of the shot and ‘is committed to scaling up to 100 million doses annually,’ the company said on Monday about the launch in Ivory Coast.”