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WHO recommends broad use of malaria vaccine for children

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World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom announces that the WHO is recommending the broad use of the first malaria vaccine for children, adding that this recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot that has reached more than 800,000 children since 2019. SOUNDBITE

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