Inaugural Flight for the Malaria Vaccine

01 Jun Inaugural Flight for the Malaria Vaccine

Grateful to UNICEF and Kuehne+Nagel for giving Astral Aviation Ltd the opportunity to transport 645,000 doses of the Malaria Vaccine from Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. on the Boeing 767 Freighter to Juba, South Sudan.
“This vaccine has the potential to be very impactful in the fight against malaria, and when broadly deployed alongside other interventions, it can prevent tens of thousands of future deaths every year,” said Thabani Maphosa, Managing Director of Country Programmes Delivery Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Vaccine Alliance
Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest diseases, killing nearly half a million children each year under the age of 5, and accounting for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of deaths in 2021.
“Nearly every minute, a child under 5 years old dies of malaria,” said UNICEF Associate Director of Immunization Ephrem T Lemango. “For a long time, these deaths have been preventable and treatable; but the roll-out of this vaccine will give children, especially in Africa, an even better chance at surviving. As supply increases, we hope even more children can benefit from this life-saving advancement.”
Astral Aviation is honored to play an active role in the Air Freight of vaccines from Covid-19 to the Malaria Vaccine