Will a vaccine eradicate malaria?

Published: Jan. 25, 2024, 2 a.m.

Malaria kills more than 600,000 people around the world every year. But this week, Cameroon became the first country to start a mass rollout of the world\u2019s first ever malaria vaccine \u2013 the WHO-approved RTS,S vaccine.

It is hoped that other countries will follow, in a move projected to save thousands of children's lives across Africa.

But will vaccine hesitancy stop parents having their children vaccinated?

On today\u2019s Africa Daily podcast, Alan Kasujja talks to Professor Rose Leke, an internationally acclaimed Malaria expert who\u2019s studied the disease for decades.