The new malaria vaccine helps in Africa but faces a test: Completing all 4 doses

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A new malaria vaccine is being used in Africa but there are challenges with completing the full four-dose regimen. The article highlights a mother in central Cameroon taking her child to receive vaccinations despite difficult terrain.

Rain had turned the dirt road into thick mud, but Mabel Djoumessi kept walking with her 9-month-old son, Kenfack, strapped to her back. His malaria vaccination appointment at a clinic in central Cameroon was too important to miss.