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First malaria mass vaccine rollout starts

The world's first routine vaccine programme against malaria has started in Cameroon.

Cameroon has begun the rollout of the world's first routine vaccine programme against malaria. The WHO has hailed it as a historic moment in the global fight against the mosquito-borne disease. Our global health correspondent joins to explain how it works, and we hear from those who have contracted malaria many times.

India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has consecrated a Hindu temple on the site of the 16th century Ayodhya mosque whose destruction by a mob 32 years ago sparked religious riots. We explain the history of the site and get reaction from India.

We hear from people who took part in nationwide protests in Germany over the weekend against increasing right-wing extremism.

We get reaction from Republican voters after Ron DeSantis dropped out of the US presidential race.

Presenter: Lukwesa Burak

(Photo: FILE PHOTO: A nurse fills a syringe with malaria vaccine before administering it to an infant at the Lumumba Sub-County hospital in Kisumu, Kenya, July 1, 2022. Credit: Baz Ratner/File Photo/Reuters)

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Mon 22 Jan 202417:06GMT

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  • Mon 22 Jan 202417:06GMT

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