{"id":42313,"date":"2025-09-04T04:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/42313\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T04:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:28:08","slug":"togo-introduces-new-malaria-vaccine-aiming-to-protect-269000-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/42313\/","title":{"rendered":"Togo Introduces New Malaria Vaccine, Aiming to Protect 269,000 Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"textearticle\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Togo launches R21 malaria vaccine nationwide<\/strong><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>269,000 children targeted across all 39 health districts<\/strong><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Togo is the 22nd African nation to adopt R21 vaccine<\/strong><\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"textearticle\">Togo has launched the R21\/Matrix-M malaria vaccine into its national immunization program, the Health Ministry announced in a press conference on Tuesday. The initiative, which began on September 1, 2025, aims to protect approximately 269,000 children in its initial phase, covering all 39 of the country&#8217;s health districts simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textearticle\">The decision is a significant step in the nation&#8217;s fight against malaria, a major health challenge, particularly for children under five. Health and Public Hygiene Minister Tchin Darr\u00e9 stated that the move reflects the government&#8217;s goal to &#8220;liberate communities and families from the burden of malaria by 2030 so they can contribute effectively to the country&#8217;s development,&#8221; according to a statement from the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/p>\n<p class=\"textearticle\">This program is a collaborative effort involving the Togolese government, the WHO, UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and other technical and financial partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textearticle\">Malaria remains endemic across all regions of Togo, with cases surging during the rainy season due to the proliferation of mosquitoes. In 2022, children under five accounted for 64% of confirmed malaria cases, 32% of outpatient consultations, and 53% of hospitalizations in Togo. Hospital mortality for this age group was 65%, making them the primary target of this vaccination campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textearticle\">The Togolese government has invested significantly in malaria control, including a\u00a0$271.7 million budget for the National Malaria Control Plan. With this introduction, Togo becomes the 22nd country in Africa to incorporate the R21\/Matrix-M vaccine into its national immunization schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"textearticle\"><strong><strong>Ingrid Haffiny (Intern)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"textearticle\"><strong><strong>Adapted in English by Mouka Mezonlin<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Togo launches R21 malaria vaccine nationwide &#13; 269,000 children targeted across all 39 health districts &#13; Togo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[3914,5812,18,3428,135,19,17,8704,18270,31890,8660],"class_list":{"0":"post-42313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-children","9":"tag-country","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-malaria","16":"tag-national","17":"tag-togo","18":"tag-vaccine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}