New Malaria vaccine could reduce deaths by 70% in 'breakthrough moment', experts say
Source: ITV
A team at the Jenner Institute at Oxford University have done it though, creating the worlds most effective malaria vaccine ever.
New results from their Phase II trial in west Africa show, a booster jab after three doses of vaccine, has an efficacy of 80%.
It is so high it smashes the World Health Organizations efficacy goal of 75%, as well as GlaxoSmithKlines offering which only prevents about 30% of severe malaria cases.
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Theyve teamed up with the Serum Institute in India and hope to manufacture 150 million doses by early next year.
Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-09-08/new-malaria-vaccine-could-reduce-deaths-by-70-experts-say
Hekate
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(22,112 posts)Aristus
(66,316 posts)there aren't going to be a lot of people storming government buildings, sending death threats to elected officials, or bleating about their "rights". I suspect they'll get the vaccine and rejoice at the chance to defeat a disease that has killed untold millions.
electric_blue68
(14,886 posts)my uncle worked for the World Health Organization with studies related to malaria, and later tropical diseases (of which malaria is part).
If he was still us he'd be very happy to hear this!
Timeflyer
(1,993 posts)In book The Mosquito: a Human History of our Deadliest Predator, by Timothy C. Winegard, 2019, it's estimated that 52 billion of the 108 billion humans who have ever lived died from mosquito borne diseases. These bugs truly shaped history. Good read!
flying_wahini
(6,589 posts)I will look up that book!
cab67
(2,992 posts)A close colleague of mine died of malaria several years ago, only a couple of days after we corresponded. (I ended up naming an extinct crocodile after him.)
BumRushDaShow
(128,868 posts)and finally got chance to check out this thread.
It's kinda wild to have a vaccine against a parasite but...
GB_RN
(2,347 posts)Where do I sign up?😂