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Irish scientist heads team behind malaria vaccine hailed as breakthrough Prof Adrian Hill helped develop vaccine that may slash 400,000 annual death toll from disease
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Prof Adrian Hill, who leads the Oxford University team: “What we’re hoping to do is take that 400,000 down to tens of thousands in the next five years, which would be absolutely fantastic,” he said. Photograph: Steve Parsons-WPA Pool/Getty Images
A research team at Oxford University led by Irish vaccinologist Prof Adrian Hill has developed the most effective malaria vaccine to date. It brings the prospect of significantly reducing the death toll of a disease that kills 400,000 mostly small children every year.
Modelling has shown there will be âa price to payâ for the lockdown in terms of increased mortality from cancer, the chief clinical officer with the HSE, Dr Colm Henry, has said.
Discussing the âsecondary harmâ that is taking place as a result of the pandemic, Dr Henry mentioned loneliness, the negative effect on children from being out of school, malnutrition, late presentations with illnesses other than Covid, and breaks in screening services.
Modelling on delayed cancer presentation indicated that âthere will be a price to pay in terms of late cancer diagnosis, more interventional treatment, higher mortality for some time to come, for people with cancer, as a result of lockdown, as a result of cocooning, as a result of people presenting later.â