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The R21 vaccine, developed by the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India (SII), has been sent to several African countries and will also be administered in South Sudan Tuesday, the University of Oxford said in a statement sent to CNN.
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The Ivory coast shots follow the first vaccine in the Cameroon
Also see : https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/second-malaria-vaccine-launched-ivory-coast-new-milestone-2024-07-15/
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The introduction of the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved R21 vaccine comes six months after the first malaria vaccine, called RTS,S and developed by British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L) , opens new tab, began being administered in a routine programme in Cameroon.