Go-ahead for historic malaria vaccine
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The World Health Organisation has endorsed the world’s first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease
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Countries with indigenous malaria cases in 2020


229m
Malaria cases worldwide

409,000
Deaths from malaria

Figures are 2019 estimates

95%
of all malaria deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa

67%
of all malaria deaths are children under five years of age
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Global malaria trends (2000-2019)

100 80 60 40 20 0
2000 05 10 15 19
56.8
80.0
Cases per 1,000 population at risk

0 5 10 15 20 25  
2000 05 10 15 19
24.7 
10.1
Deaths per 100,000 50 population at risk
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Mosquirix, developed by GlaxoSmithKline in 1987, is only about 30 percent effective, requires up to four doses, and its protection fades after several months – but scientists say vaccine could still have major impact
on malaria in Africa
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Sources: AP, WHO World Malaria Report 2020 Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS