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Around 360,000 children a year will be given the only licensed vaccine to protect against the mosquito-spread disease from today, in what has been hailed a ‘historic moment’.
Although the vaccine only protects about one-third of children who are immunised, those who get the shots are likely to have less severe cases of malaria A previous trial showed the vaccine was about 30 per cent effective in children who got four doses, but that protection waned over time.Director of World Health Organisation’s malaria programme Pedro Alonso said the trial starts in Malawi today before moving on to Ghana and Kenya in coming week.
He acknowledged the vaccine was flawed but said the world could not afford to wait for a better option.
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