The Mozambican government, through the Ministry of Health (MISAU), has announced that the Malaria vaccine could be introduced in the country in June, "if all goes well".

Yesterday, Thursday (25), the Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, speaking at the World Malaria Day celebrations, said that by the end of this semester he will introduce a vaccine to counteract the increase in malaria cases in the country.

"We hope that, if all goes well, in June this year we will be able to introduce the malaria vaccine in our country, which will start in Zambézia province, with the intention of expanding to the other provinces in 2025. It's a new tool that will be added to those that are already underway," said Armindo Tiago, quoted by the VOA.

The vaccine was approved by the World Health Organization in October last year, after being developed in the UK.

Data from the MoH indicate an increase in cases and a reduction in deaths from 2022 to 2023.

In 2022, 12.4 million cases were recorded compared to 13.2 last year, with 336 deaths compared to 422 reported the previous year.

Mozambique is the country with the fourth highest number of malaria cases in the world.