Titular03 Oct. 2023
The World Health Organization has approved the use of a more affordable and highly effective malaria vaccine. The agency’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced the measure on Monday.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “In areas with seasonal transmission, [la vacuna] “reduced symptomatic cases of malaria by 75% during the twelve months following administration of a three-dose series.”
The vaccine was developed by the University of Oxford and is only the second malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization. Malaria is one of the deadliest contagious diseases worldwide and the mosquito that transmits it has been described as the “deadliest animal in the world.” In 2021, more than half a million people, mostly children under five, died from malaria, with the vast majority of these deaths occurring in Africa.
2023-10-03 19:10:25
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