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US aid cuts threaten Ghana’s child immunisation gains

Ghana faces a $78.2m health funding shortfall as aid cuts put immunisation gains at risk. Accra, Ghana – Ghana was among the first countries in Africa to introduce the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme.

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Ghana faces a $78.2m health funding shortfall as aid cuts put immunisation gains at risk. Accra, Ghana – Ghana was among the first countries in Africa to introduce the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine immunisation programme. In Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, the vaccine was associated with a 13 percent reduction in mortality among children eligible for vaccination, with roughly one in eight deaths averted.

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