WHO: malaria vaccine will ‘change the course of history’ – video
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The World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced that a new vaccine against malaria will ‘change the course of public health history’ as its trial run concluded successfully in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.
The vaccine RTS,S is expected to be used across sub-Saharan Africa and regions with high malaria transmission and has proved to prevent 30% of severe cases of malaria