The step clears the way for a broader rollout of R21/Matrix-M, which the WHO recommended in October.
Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan last year led to a fivefold jump in cases.
Cameroon is set to receive 331,200 doses of RTS,S, and four other African nations will receive 1.7 million doses in the coming weeks.
Bangladesh eliminated visceral leishmaniasis, Maldives interrupted leprosy transmission, and South Korea eliminated rubella.
Longer transmission seasons and migration of mosquitoes to new latitudes threaten to undo years of progress.
The WHO estimates malaria kills one child under age 5 every minute.
The patient from Saline County in the central part of the state had not traveled.
At least 28 countries in Africa plan on adding the malaria vaccine into their routine immunization programs.
This summer brought reports of 8 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease in Texas and Florida.
The alert includes new information about locally acquired malaria infections.
