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Oct 22, 2026
Ridwan Karim Dini OsmanCORRESPONDENT
The Directorate also reports that annual malaria cases among children under five have fallen from about 6,000 to 2,000 with no deaths since the vaccine was introduced alongside existing malaria control measures.
Ridwan Karim Dini OsmanCORRESPONDENT
Inside the vaccine research laboratory at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, immunology professor Kwejo Asamuakusi explains the need to complete the four-dose schedule.
Kwejo AsamuakusiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you just do one or two, it will protect you for a few weeks to a few months and then it's gone.
Kwejo AsamuakusiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And if at that point you feel like you are vaccinated against malaria, your child in a year's time could easily succumb to malaria.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You are taken to the burial labs.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We went to Noguchi also to check
Fred SmithCORRESPONDENT
they are prepared then.
Fred SmithCORRESPONDENT
I had Tony Goodman, his spokesperson for the health ministry, Hannah.
Ridwan Karim Dini OsmanCORRESPONDENT
The directorate also reports that annual malaria cases among children under five have fallen from about 6,000 to 2,000 with no deaths since the vaccine was introduced alongside existing malaria control measures.
Ridwan Karim Dini OsmanCORRESPONDENT
Inside the vaccine research laboratory at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, immunology professor Kwejo Asamuakusi explains the need to complete the four-dose schedule.
Kwejo AsamuakusiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If you just do one or two, it will protect you for a few weeks to a few months and then it's gone.
Kwejo AsamuakusiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And if at that point you feel like you are vaccinated against malaria, your child in a year's time could easily succumb to malaria.
speaker_1HOST
Andy Asafojay.
speaker_1HOST
Uh, Noguchi Memorial Institute.
speaker_1HOST
Dr. Isama Jr. Dr. Isama Jr. Parasitology Department.
speaker_1HOST
Aba.
Meshack MaloSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the agriculture sector offers hope, but we believe that we can work together through, uh, leveraging on science, leveraging on technology, reve- leveraging on, uh, AI in order to make this sector, uh, better, be able to nourish tomorrow.
speaker_18CORRESPONDENT
Head of the Department of Nutrition, Diet and Metabolic Sciences at the Noguchi Memorial Institute at the University of Ghana, Dr. Gloria Felson, is also calling for sustained investment in research institutions.
speaker_18CORRESPONDENT
She says stronger research capacity will help develop innovative solutions to improve the health and nutrition of Ghanaians, particularly women and children.
Gloria FelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for dietary assessment.
Meshack MaloGUEST
So the agriculture sector offers hope, but we believe that we can work together through, uh, leveraging on science, leveraging on technology, reve- leveraging on, uh, AI in order to make this sector, uh, better, be able to nourish tomorrow.
speaker_23CORRESPONDENT
Head of the Department of Nutrition, Diet and Metabolic Sciences at the Noguchi Memorial Institute at the University of Ghana, Dr. Gloria Felson, is also calling for sustained investment in research institutions.
speaker_23CORRESPONDENT
She says stronger research capacity will help develop innovative solutions to improve the health and nutrition of Ghanaians, particularly women and children.
Gloria FelsonGUEST
We are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for dietary assessment.