BAYELSA, Nigeria — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria ...

Nigeria is the latest African country to give a new malaria vaccine to young childen BAYELSA, Nigeria -- Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria.

BAYELSA, Nigeria (AP) — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a malaria vaccine, she was eager to protect her ...

Ominike Marvis eagerly embraced Nigeria's new malaria vaccine to protect her son. The vaccine, developed by Oxford University ...

Hardest-Hit Nigeria Is Latest African Country to Provide Malaria Vaccine to Young Children BAYELSA, Nigeria (AP) — Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and public health experts are calling for increased political commitment and funding to fight malaria, especially in endemic regions like Africa. This week's ...

The 2024 World Malaria Report has shown that Nigeria accounted for an estimated 40 per cent of malaria cases and 46 per cent of deaths within the 10 High Burden to High Impact countries in 2023.