A mass vaccination program is underway in the African country of Malawi where the world's first ever vaccine against Malaria is being given to young children.
Malaria is one of the world's biggest killers, with 435,000 people dying from the mosquito-borne disease every year.
"So this is a massive success of the research community producing a vaccine against a parasite, a vaccine against the malaria."In clinical trials, it was found to prevent about four out of 10 malaria cases. "My husband's illness from malaria prompted me to come here for the malaria vaccine because I heard an announcement in my village that the hospital was vaccinating children against malaria. Malaria is a dangerous disease," she said.
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