3 May 2021
Results from the Oxford Jenner Institute trial of a malaria vaccine give it a 77% success rate. In a 2012 article detailing the many attempts to combat the disease, which kills more than 400,000 people a year, Pauline Léna commented that ‘the battle is as political as scientific. (.) While we await a technological solution, the efforts of governments and donors to improve access to treatment and the means of prevention remain the most effective weapon against this pandemic.’
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