Malaria Vaccine

[Mike]

A team at the University of Oxford has designed a vaccine
to combat Malaria, it has been under trial since 2019 and
is proving to be 70% effective.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56858158

Mike.

 

[Warrigal]

That would be invaluable in Africa and Oceania. It is a major killer of children.

Malaria in children under five

Last update: 26 January 2018
Children under 5 years of age are one of most vulnerable groups affected by malaria. In Africa, about 285 000 children died before their fifth birthdays in 2016.

In high transmission areas, partial immunity to the disease is acquired during childhood. In such settings, the majority of malarial disease, and particularly severe disease with rapid progression to death, occurs in young children without acquired immunity. Severe anaemia, hypoglycemia and cerebral malaria are features of severe malaria more commonly seen in children than in adults.

More here: WHO | Malaria in children under five

 

[Rosemarie]

Yes, much better than taking those horrible pills!