Nigeria don receive the first shipment of 846,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccine from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. This delivery dey part of a larger plan to supply one million doses to the country.
According to Muhammad Pate, the coordinating minister for health, this vaccine go help reduce the burden of malaria in Nigeria. Malaria be one of the major health challenges wey dey face the country, and this vaccine dey seen as a significant step towards controlling the disease.
Gavi, wey be a global health partnership, don help vaccinate more than 1.1 billion children in 78 lower-income countries since dem start in 2000. Dem mission be to save lives, reduce poverty, and protect against epidemics and pandemics.
The R21 malaria vaccine be a game-changer because e dey show high efficacy in preventing severe malaria and malaria-related deaths, especially among children. Nigeria go continue to receive more doses to ensure that many people get vaccinated and protected against this deadly disease.
