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A new step toward ending 'the wrath of malaria'
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:10:56
Publish Date: 2021-11-02 04:10:27
Description: Scientists have been trying to figure out how to eradicate malaria for decades. Globally, a child under the age of five dies from the disease every two minutes, and even for kids who do survive there can be long term complications. A big breakthrough finally came in October when the World Health Organization endorsed MoSQUIRIX, the first malaria vaccine. It has relatively low efficacy, just about 30%, but malaria researcher Winter Okoth explains how the new vaccine could still make a big difference.
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