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A nurse giving a baby vitamin A dose during malaria vaccination day at Apac General Hospital on April 8, 2025 in Apac District, Uganda. Uganda's Ministry of Health has begun the rollout of a massive malaria vaccine campaign that is expected to prevent at least 800 severe cases of malaria among children daily, with an initial target of vaccinating 1.1 million children under the age of two in the most affected districts of the East African nation. The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine is administered over four doses at 6, 7, 8, and 18 months and will be integrated into routine immunizations for young children, for whom the mosquito-transmitted disease is the leading cause of illness and death in Uganda. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images)
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