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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: Dexter on July 24, 2015, 11:32:41 pm

Title: World's first malaria vaccination approved
Post by: Dexter on July 24, 2015, 11:32:41 pm

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/world-malaria-vaccination-approved-150724055510421.html

The world's first malaria vaccine has received a green light from European drugs regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa who are at risk of the mosquito-borne disease. The shot, called RTS,S or Mosquirix, would be the first licensed human vaccine against a parasitic disease and could help prevent millions of cases of malaria in countries that use it. The vaccine was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in partnership with the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative.