Category: malaria

Malaria vaccine gets ‘green light’

BBC- The world’s first malaria vaccine has cleared one of the final hurdles prior to being approved for use in Africa. The European Medicines Agency gave a positive scientific opinion after assessing its safety and effectiveness. It represents a ‘green light’ for the Mosquirix jab, developed by GlaxoSmithKline. The World Health Organization will consider later

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Child malaria vaccine ‘milestone’

By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major milestone, researchers say Experts say the world’s first malaria vaccine could be approved for use in 2015. Reporting in PLOS Medicine, researchers found that for every 1,000 children who received the vaccine, an average of 800 cases

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