Ghana first to approve 'world-changer' malaria vaccine

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Ghana first to approve 'world-changer' malaria vaccine
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The vaccine - R21 - was up to 80% effective in early-stage clinical trials.

Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a "world-changer" by the scientists who developed it.

It has been a massive, century-long, scientific undertaking to develop a vaccine that protects the body from the malaria parasite. I have not seen the final data, but have been told it shows a similar picture to the earlier studies.

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