30/04/2025
Mali: Greater protection for children against malaria
Download logo Fatoumata, aged 2 years and 4 months and wearing one of her most beautiful dresses, attended an event of great importance for her health on Friday morning, as her mother Niemba explains: ldquo;I was on my way to the community health centre for my childrsquo;s routine vaccination; from there, I was directed to the site of the ceremony where a new vaccine protecting children against malaria was being launched.rdquo; The event took place on World Malaria Day, 25 April, in Kalaban-Coro, 11 km from Bamako, and was attended by many mothers and their children. This was an opportunity to introduce the malaria vaccine, making Mali the 20th African country to incorporate it into its...
