Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children

Image: CRISTINA ALDEHUELA via BBC

Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease.

Malaria has been one of the biggest scourges on humanity for millennia and mostly kills babies and infants.

Having a vaccine - after more than a century of trying - is among medicine's greatest achievements.

The vaccine - called RTS,S - was proven effective six years ago.

Publish : 2021-10-07 08:37:00

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