Nigeria Launches New Malaria Vaccine That Will Be Freely Administered To Recipients

Reuters (10/17, Eboh) reports, “Nigeria launched a new malaria vaccine on Thursday that will be freely administered to recipients, its health minister said, marking a significant milestone in its fight against the deadly disease.” The launch makes Nigeria “one of the first” countries “in the world to back the new R21 vaccine, developed by scientists at Oxford University and made by the Serum Institute of India and Novavax.” According to Reuters, “Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate said Nigeria had received 846,200 doses of the vaccine, procured in partnership with global vaccine group Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF.”