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WHO: Liberia, Benin, Sierra Leone roll out malaria vaccine

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When World Health Organisation's Ruddi Eggers immunised a baby in Kenya's Ndhiwa town during the launch of Malaria vaccine. [James Omoro, Standard]

Liberia, Benin, and Sierra Leone have rolled out a malaria vaccine, targeting millions of children across the three West African nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

The vaccine rollout, announced on World Malaria Day, celebrated annually on April 25, would help to scale up vaccine deployment in the African region, the WHO said in a statement obtained by Xinhua Friday in Monrovia, the Liberian capital.

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