{"id":486173,"date":"2026-05-15T15:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/486173\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:00:16","slug":"what-went-right-this-week-the-good-news-that-matters-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/486173\/","title":{"rendered":"What went right this week: the good news that matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malaria vaccine \u2018significantly reducing\u2019 child deaths<\/p>\n

African countries that were first to roll out a breakthrough malaria vaccine have seen a \u201csignificant reduction\u201d in child deaths, a landmark report found this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Malaria kills around 600,000 people annually, most of them in Africa, and most of them children. However, the RTS,S\u00a0malaria jab, which performed well in clinical trials, is now having a positive impact on the ground, the research showed. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Published in the Lancet health journal, the study<\/a> observed infant mortality rates over four years in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi after they introduced malaria vaccinations for children. One in eight child deaths, it noted, had been avoided in the countries since the jab was rolled out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Twenty-five African countries now offer malaria vaccinations to children. Researchers expect similar results, or better, in countries that took up the vaccine more recently. Other vaccines are in development. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis\u00a0is\u00a0very\u00a0solid evidence\u00a0of the potential\u00a0for\u00a0malaria vaccines\u00a0to\u00a0change the trajectory of child mortality in Africa,\u201d said the World Health Organization\u2019s Dr Kate O\u2019Brien,\u00a0co-author of the evaluation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Challenges remain, however. \u201cMore financing is needed\u00a0so that countries can purchase enough vaccine, along with other malaria prevention tools,\u00a0to\u00a0reach\u00a0all the kids\u00a0most at risk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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