Nigeria this week joined Ghana in provisionally approving a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford.
The University of Oxford's Jenner Institute, which developed the vaccine, estimates that malaria kills around 800,000 people per year, predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Close-up of a yellow-fever mosquito biting human skin, it's a culicidae vector of malaria, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue and zika virus in Brazil, known locally as mosquito da dengue.Nigeria this week joined Ghana in provisionally approving a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, potentially paving the path to save millions of lives and boost Africa's long-term economic prospects.
The University of Oxford Jenner Institute, which developed the vaccine, estimates that malaria kills around 800,000 people per annum. These casualties occur predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa, where one in five childhood deaths is associated with the disease. The WHO assessed that 241 million clinical cases of malaria occurred in 2020, resulting in 627,000 deaths, mostly among children in Africa.
The R21 vaccine was the first of its kind to pass the WHO's efficacy goal of 75%, though data from final-stage trials is still pending.
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