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# First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O.
- URL: https://werd.io/first-malaria-vaccine-approved-by-who/
- Published: 2021-10-07T01:58:44.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-07T01:58:44.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:24

"Malaria kills about half a million people each year, nearly all of them in sub-Saharan Africa — including 260,000 children under 5\. The new vaccine, made by GlaxoSmithKline, rouses a child’s immune system to thwart Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of five malaria pathogens and the most prevalent in Africa."

\[[Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/health/malaria-vaccine-who.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur)\]