World’s First Malaria Vaccine Developed October 8, 2013 Africa, East Africa, Featured, International, local 0 Comments Experts say that if malaria is to be defeated, the battle against it must be unrelenting. Experts say that if malaria is to be defeated, the battle against it must be unrelenting. British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for the world’s first malaria vaccine after trial data showed that it had cut the number of cases in African children.BBC reports. Scientists have found the vaccine effective after halving the number of malaria cases young children and reduced number of cases in infants by about 25%. The Initiative has been supported by Bill and Melinda Gates foundation with non-profit Path Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI). RELATED CONTENT Famine reported in 60 districts Museveni Warns Opposition Against Economic Sabotage Security Beefed Up at Parliament Ahead of Plenary Mulago Hospital Mortuary Shocks MP’s Wife Chops off Husband’s Tongue Experts say that they are optimistic about the possibility of the world’s first vaccine after the trial results. Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease, kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year. According to BBC “Many millions of malaria cases fill the wards of our hospitals,” said Halidou Tinto, a lead investigator on the RTS,S trial from Burkina Faso. “Progress is being made with bed nets and other measures, but we need more tools to battle this terrible disease.” The malaria trial was Africa’s largest-ever clinical trial involving almost 15,500 children in seven countries.
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