Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday celebrated the recommendation by the World Health Organization this week of the first vaccine to prevent malaria in children ages 5-17 months living in regions of Sub-Saharan Africa with moderate to high transmission.