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ReviewMalaria journal2025

Routine malaria vaccination in Africa: a step toward malaria eradication?

Olivier Sibomana, John Bukuru, Sulymon A Saka, Marie Grace Uwizeyimana, Alex Mwangi Kihunyu, Abraham Obianke, Samuel Oluwo Damilare, Lewis Tem Bueh, Beloved Of God Agbelemoge, Richard Omoefe Oveh

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Review in Malaria journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Olivier SibomanaDepartment of General Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda. oliviersibomana917@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2226-3883
John BukuruDepartment of ENT, Rwanda Military Referral and Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda.
Sulymon A SakaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua Edo, Nigeria.
Marie Grace UwizeyimanaDepartment of General Medicine and Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda.
Alex Mwangi KihunyuDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Abraham ObiankeDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Science, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.
Samuel Oluwo DamilareDepartment of Dentistry and Dental Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Lewis Tem BuehDepartment of Computer Engineering, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Beloved Of God AgbelemogeDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.
Richard Omoefe OvehDepartment of Information and Communication Technology, Faculty of Computing, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, with nearly half of the world's population at risk of infection. In 2022 alone, malaria claimed approximately 608,000 lives, with 76% of these fatalities occurring in children under the age of five, underscoring the disease's disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations. Africa bears the highest burden, accounting for 94% of global malaria cases. For over 60 years, the development of a malaria vaccine has been a critical objective for scientists and governments, with substantial efforts directed toward this goal. Recent progress has led to the approval of the first malaria vaccines, RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix

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Disease EradicationMalariaMalaria VaccinesAfricaHumansImmunization ProgramsVaccinationMalaria VaccinesAfricaEliminationMalariaVaccine

Identifiers

PMID39757179
PMCPMC11702236

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