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WHO moves to roll out first malaria vaccine in Africa

FILE - Residents of the Malawi village of Migowi wait for their young children to receive a vaccine against malaria in a pilot program in Tomali, Dec. 11, 2019. As the World Health Organization announces Thursday July 21, 2022 the next step in its rollout of the world's first authorized malaria vaccine in several African countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will no longer financially support the shot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) FILE - Health officials in the Malawi village of Migowi prepare to administer the world's first vaccine against malaria in a pilot program in Migowi, Dec. 10, 2019. As the World Health Organization announces Thursday July 21, 2022 the next step in its rollout of the world's first authorized malaria vaccine in several African countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will no longer financially support the shot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) FILE - Residents of the Malawi village of Migowi wait to have their young children vaccinated with the world's first vaccine against malaria in a pilot program in Migowi, Dec. 10, 2019. As the World Health Organization announces Thursday July 21, 2022 the next step in its rollout of the world's first authorized malaria vaccine in several African countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will no longer financially support the shot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) FILE - Health officials prepare to administer a vaccine in the Malawi village of Tomali with the world's first vaccine against malaria in a pilot program in Tomali, Dec. 11, 2019. As the World Health Organization announces Thursday July 21, 2022 the next step in its rollout of the world's first authorized malaria vaccine in several African countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will no longer financially support the shot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) FILE - A baby from the Malawi village of Tomali is injected with the world's first vaccine against malaria in a pilot program, in Tomali, Dec. 11, 2019. As the World Health Organization announces Thursday July 21, 2022 the next step in its rollout of the world's first authorized malaria vaccine in several African countries, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will no longer financially support the shot. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
WHO moves to roll out first malaria vaccine in Africa