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Finding malaria vaccine

Is the long and tortuous road coming to an end? | ALENA PANCE | A vaccine candidate, called R21, has been shown to be up to 80% effective at preventing malaria in young children, according to the latest trial results. This follows from a study published in 2021 from the …

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Groundbreaking malaria vaccine

Historic RTS,S/AS01 recommendation can reinvigorate the fight against malaria | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. The P. falciparum is the …

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WHO recommends broad use of world’s first malaria vaccine

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it has recommended widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine called RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) for children in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the WHO, the vaccine is the result of 30 years of research and development by British …

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Museveni pushes for a malaria vaccine at global meeting

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has expressed concern over the continued absence of a malaria vaccine despite years of research into the disease control and prevention. Speaking at a meeting organized by Harvard University on Wednesday where China and Sri Lanka shared best practices on how they have …

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World’s first malaria vaccine

Children aged five to 17 months old in Kenya, Ghana, Malawi to test it Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been chosen to test the world’s first malaria vaccine through a pilot program beginning next year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on April 24. The vaccine, which has partial effectiveness …

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