Nigeria misses malaria vaccine application window
Nigeria has not applied for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, as the second application widow for the vaccine closed, The PUNCH has learnt. The World Health Organisation, in 2021, recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission. The