Malaria is a mosquito-bome disease accounting for
241 million cases in 2020and has become a public
health burden. Several methods have been employed
in an attempt to control this Disease with the most
recent being vaccines. WHO has begun
administration of RTS,S as the first generation
This review aims to analyze effi
ne in children
ant Tnrature
from search engines PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science
rect using key words “RTS,S/ASO1 malaria. vaccine”,
‘Efficacy” and “Children”, Publications were limited to
English Manuscripts published within the last 10 years
Inclusion criteria were RTS,S/ASO1 malaria vaccine as
A total of 6 studies with 33,840 study
2 intervention and children as study population. We excluded
were identified. Based on JADAD assessment, all ee eames ea ere reread
6 studies were of good quality. All 6 studies meta-analyses. A ttl of 8 studies were identified suitable for
showed that RTS,S/ASO1 were protective against review. All studies were evalused and scored using 7
JADAD scale.
clinical malaria. Two studies showed that ef
declined after 3-4 years.
review found that the RTS,S/ASO1 malaria
vaccine had good efficacy among children. Further
research and data collections are required in order to
determine the need for booster and safety as preventive
efforts for malaria, especially in endemic counti