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World-Malaria-Day

April 25th is World Malaria
Day and we’ve had some mixed news this month concerning the GlaxoSmithKline
RTS,S vaccine, reported in New England Journal
of Medicine
. 65% of children were protected in the 1st year,
but protection then declined to zero over the next 3 years: which means booster
shots will be essential.  Vaccine efficacy also declined faster in children who were more exposed
to malaria than in those who had below-average exposure. Not the grail we hope
for, but we inch our way there.

Effectiveness is at the heart of the problem of malaria
control. Last year Oxfam’s report “Salt,
Sugar And Malaria Pills
  highlighted their concerns on the effectiveness of the “Affordable
medicines facility for malaria” (AFMm)
hosted and managed by the Global Fund, with financial support from UNITAID, the
UK Department for International Development (DFID), and others.

A fuller discussion of these issues can be found in the April issue of Global Health Knowledge Basealong with the latest research on drug-related aspects of malaria control

Related articles

Wellcome Image of the Month: Malaria
News in Brief: Malaria drug made by baker's yeast
Amyris (AMRS) Scientists to Publish Data on Breakthrough in Key Malaria Vaccine Ingredient
Prevalence rate of malaria declining in Ghana
Malaria: the Institute of Tropical Medicine focuses on elimination using knowledge

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