UNICEF marks World Malaria Day with rollout of new vaccine in Mali

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UNICEF marks World Malaria Day with rollout of new vaccine in Mali  The United Nations children's organization UNICEF is launching today's World Malaria Day with the rollout of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine in Mali, the 20th country to introduce it.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/04/25/unicef-marks-world-malaria-day-with-rollout-of-new-vaccine-in-mali  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00It's now the second weapon in Mali's arsenal to fight against one of the deadliest diseases on the African continent.

00:06UNICEF marking Wild Malaria Day with a rollout of R21 Matrix M,

00:11leading to the country the 20th nation to introduce what is the second vaccine approved by the WHO against the disease.

00:18Authorities say they saw malaria cases decrease by 75% in the months following the first inoculation campaign,

00:24but some aren't convinced by the efficacy of the vaccines.

00:27The vaccines are OK. They're not brilliant, like many of the vaccines that we give to children,

00:34which are very, very effective. You might only need one to protect you for life.

00:39They're not useless either. They provide reasonable levels of protection.

00:46Unfortunately, not for a very long time.

00:48So the problem with the vaccines is how do we deliver them to the people that need them,

00:55and the people that need them largely are children in Africa, although we can use them also to accelerate elimination,

01:02but that's more experimental at the present time.

01:06So how important are they? Probably moderately important,

01:09but they're certainly not game changers as vaccines have been for other diseases.

01:13There remain major challenges in the fight against malaria, and vaccines may not be enough.

01:24Scientists are now eyeing other ways of protecting people against the disease.

01:28Research into genetically modifying mosquitoes so that the insects themselves cannot harm the parasites they carry is underway.

01:34Research into hell.

01:35Research into seventeen Friends

01:36Research into sixteen

01:37Research into thirteen

01:37Research into minha

01:38Research intoatsu

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