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	Podcast:		Health Check
	Episode:		Trials of New Malaria Vaccine
	Category:		Health
	Duration:		00:26:28
	Publish Date:		2021-04-28 20:00:00
	Description:		As India surpasses 200,000 Covid deaths Claudia asks why the surge has been so steep and hears the latest from health reporter Anoo Bhuyan in Delhi. And there's good news of a new Malaria Vaccine showing 75% efficacy. Studio guest Tabitha Mwangi discusses this important breakthrough in the context of a new study from the Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal with the first clinical evidence of drug-resistant malaria mutations gaining foothold in Africa. Plus Caroline Williams on her new book MOVE! which unpicks the science of how movement opens up a hotline to our minds changing the way we think and feel. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Erika Wright (Picture: People wait to refill empty oxygen cylinders on 27 April 2021 in New Delhi, India. Photo credit: Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times/Getty Images.)
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