After years of trials, the vaccine has shown potential to save tens of thousands of children's lives.
Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease.
Drugs to kill the parasite, bed-nets to prevent bites and insecticides to kill the mosquito have all helped reduce malaria. Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achiano piloted the vaccine in Ghana to assess whether mass vaccination was feasible and effective. "We've been looking for a malaria vaccine for over 100 years now, it will save lives and prevent disease in African children."Having just seen the world develop Covid vaccines in record time, you might be wondering why it has taken so long with malaria?
It has a complicated life cycle across two species , and even inside our body it morphs between different forms as it infects liver cells and red blood cells. The vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical giant GSK, is not going to replace all the other measures for controlling malaria such as insecticide-treated bed nets. It will be used alongside them to get closer to the goal of zero deaths from malaria.
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