BUJUMBURA, April 25 (Xinhua) -- As the world marked World Malaria Day on Thursday, the Burundian government announced that an anti-malaria vaccine will be administered for the first time to children between the ages of six and 18 months, Burundi's health authorities said in a statement here.
Burundian Minister of Public Health and the Fight against AIDS Lyduine Baradahana said on Thursday that the vaccination will begin in eight of the 18 provinces in the East African country that are most affected by malaria.
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