Question: Which of the following Organisation has approved First Malaria Vaccine?
(a) International Monetary Fund
(b) World Bank
(c) United Nations
(d) World Health Organisation
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:
- World Health Organization Approved First Malaria Vaccine RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S).
- The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the widespread use of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) for children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high spread of the disease from Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly of malaria parasites.
- The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya & Malawi that has reached more than 800 000 children since 2019.
- The malaria vaccine, RTS,S, acts against P. falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasite globally, and the most prevalent in Africa.
- This vaccine is developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
- The Headquarter of WHO is in Geneva.
- The Director-General of WHO is Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
BY: AMIT GUPTA