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[https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/everything-you-need-know-about-malaria-vaccine by Gavi Staff 19/1/24 Gavi] | [https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/everything-you-need-know-about-malaria-vaccine by Gavi Staff 19/1/24 Gavi] | ||
Malaria is one of the biggest global health threats, with an estimated 247 million malaria cases and 619,000 malaria deaths globally in 2021, almost all of them in Africa. On this continent, the disease is one of the biggest killers of young children, with half a million children aged under five years dying each year. | Malaria is one of the biggest global health threats, with an estimated 247 million malaria cases and 619,000 malaria deaths globally in 2021, almost all of them in Africa. On this continent, the disease is one of the biggest killers of young children, with half a million children aged under five years dying each year. | ||
=====Malaria Vaccines: Recent Advances and New Horizons===== | |||
[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6054918/ by Simon J Draper Simon J Draper 11/7/18 NIH] | |||
The development of highly effective and durable vaccines against the human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax remains a key priority. Decades of endeavor have taught that achieving this goal will be challenging; however, recent innovation in malaria vaccine research and a diverse pipeline of novel vaccine candidates for clinical assessment provides optimism. | |||
