World's first malaria vaccine to go to 360,000 African children
edition.cnn.com- 219M cases in 2017 compared to 217M in 2016 suggest that Malaria is making a comeback, so WHO has organized a large-scale project to deliver vaccines.
- The vaccine - RTS,S aka Mosquirix - has been in testing since 1987, and it could save tens of thousands of children’s lives.
- The World’s first Malaria vaccine will be received by around 360,000 children in three African countries.
- Malaria is treatable and preventable, but ~435,000 people still die of it each year.