Gavi and UNICEF’s new agreement cuts the RTS,S malaria vaccine price by about 40 percent, freeing roughly US$ 50 million for childhood immunization programs across Africa. Https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/gavi-and-unicef-secure-lower-malaria-vaccine-price-saving-us-50-million-childhood
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Lowering the RTS,S price will help more kids in Africa get protected.
Lowering malaria vaccine costs by 40 percent frees serious money for real programs on the ground.
Lowering the RTS,S price frees serious resources for African immunization programs.
Price cuts only matter if you can deliver the shots without bureaucracy draining every dollar before they reach the clinic.
Lowering the RTS,S price by 40% is exactly the kind of cost breakthrough that lets childhood programs scale in places with the heaviest malaria burden.
