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Medicines prevent and treat diseases that threaten the lives and well-being of children, adolescents and their caregivers.
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Malaria rapid diagnostics technical bulletin
Rapid and accurate diagnosis of malaria is critical, and especially in young children and pregnant women, as left untreated it can rapidly progress towards severe disease and death.The use of highly specific, quality-assured malaria diagnostic tools reduces the unnecessary administration of antimalarial drugs and helps guide the effective management of other febrile diseases. It is therefore recommended that all clinically suspected-malaria cases...
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Vector control to prevent mosquito-borne diseases
For decades, UNICEF has led efforts to enhance the availability of and access to affordable and effective vector control products. These supplies are key to protecting children from malaria, dengue, Zika virus and an array of deadly diseases transmitted by mosquitos. Accounting for 17 per cent of all infectious il...
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Malaria vaccine questions and answers
Malaria is a preventable and curable life-threatening parasitic disease, and yet there are still an estimated 627,000 deaths a year, of which 77 per cent are children under five years of age. This questions and answers update on new malaria vaccines, provides general information on malaria vaccine supply, price, a...
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Shipment of newest malaria vaccine, R21, to Central African Republic marks latest milestone for children
GENEVA/COPENHAGEN/NEW YORK, 24 May 2024 – UNICEF delivered over 43,000 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine by air to Bangui, Central African Republic, today, with more than 120,000 doses to follow in the next days. It is the first country to receive the R21 malaria vaccine for use in routine childhood immunization, marking another step…
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Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately 95% of global malaria ca...
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UNICEF signs deal to deliver new malaria vaccine in breakthrough for child survival
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 12 October – UNICEF today announced an agreement to secure supply of the world’s second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M. The deal is a major milestone towards meeting the high demand for doses of new vaccines against malaria – a disease which still kills one child under five every minute. The lo...
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Malaria vaccine price data
This table provide an overview of prices per dose of the vaccine awarded by UNICEF.Updated on 9 October 2023.
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18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries for 2023–2025: Gavi, WHO and UNICEF
In response to high demand for the first-ever malaria vaccine, 12 countries in Africa will be allocated a total of 18 million doses of RTS,S/AS01 for the 2023–2025 period Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme countries Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will receive doses to continue vaccinations in pilot areas Allocation...
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Medicines
The challenge, Without access to quality, safe and effective medicines, children are exposed to preventable and treatable diseases. Pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases and malaria are some of the most life-threatening for children under five years of age. This is especially true for vulnerable children in resource-limi...
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Six questions for a supply expert: Michaela Briedova on supplying the malaria vaccine
On World Malaria Day, we speak to Michaela Briedova, Contracts Specialist, Vaccine Centre, UNICEF Supply Division, about the major developments in malaria vaccines, UNICEF’s role in vaccine procurement and supply, and what countries with a severe burden of malaria can expect in the coming years as vaccine supplies...
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Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) market and supply update
Malaria is a preventable and curable life-threatening parasitic disease, and yet there are still an estimated 619,000 deaths a year, of which 80 per cent are children under five years of age. UNICEF provides an updated information note on malaria rapid diagnostic tests, highlighting product supply, demand, and mar...
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Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) market and supply update
Malaria is a preventable and curable life-threatening parasitic disease, and yet there are still an estimated 627,000 deaths a year, of which 77 per cent are children under five years of age. UNICEF has supply arrangements with multiple suppliers including for new and innovative long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN...