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Gavi, UNICEF announce new agreement to make R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccines more accessible

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Gavi, UNICEF announce new agreement to make R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccines more accessible

A health worker shows a bottle of the malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M before administering it to a child at the comprehensive Health Centre in Agudama-Epie, in Yenagoa, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF have announced a new agreement that it said will make the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccines…

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Two new malaria vaccines are being rolled out across Africa — how they work and what they promise

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Two new malaria vaccines are being rolled out across Africa — how they work and what they promise

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles gambiae mosquito. | Photo Credit: AP Malaria incidents are on the rise. There were 249 million cases of this parasitic disease in 2022, five million more than in 2021. Africa suffers more than any other region from malaria,…

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Why is the R21/Matrix malaria vaccine being called ‘revolutionary’? | Explained

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Why is the R21/Matrix malaria vaccine being called ‘revolutionary’? | Explained

The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. Trials have shown that the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by Oxford University together with the Serum Institute of India, reduces malaria by up to 75%….

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