John Mahama expresses joy after approval of malaria vaccine
The Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his joy over the announcement of the approval of the first malaria vaccine on Wednesday.
The Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his joy over the announcement of the approval of the first malaria vaccine on Wednesday.
The British government on Wednesday lifted restrictions on non-essential travel from 32 countries and territories including Ghana.
The World Health Organization (WHO) approved, Wednesday, October 6, the very first vaccine to prevent malaria. It therefore recommends its massive deployment among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
The United States Embassy in Cotonou, Benin, announced Friday the donation by the US government of 332,280 doses of Pfizer vaccine as part of the administration’s overall efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former President of the Republic of Benin Boni Yayi pointed out that the disengagement of the authorities from countries with low vaccination rates against COVID-19, would be the source of panic around the operation.
According to the figures updated since July 2021 by the Ghana Health Service, only 405,971 persons have been fully vaccinated in the country.
As a result, the so-called “Imbokodo” trial, which began in 2017 and included some 2,600 women between the ages of 18 and 35, will be stopped and participants from Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe will be informed if they received the vaccine or the placebo
The World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Facility Fund, donated and installed for Ghana Infectious Disease Center, its very first Arterial Blood Gas Analyzer since its inception, WHO announced yesterday.