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WHO approved a malaria vaccine for children – a global health expert explains why that is a big deal

  • Written by Dr Miriam K. Laufer, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine
imageA helping hand in the fight against malaria.Patrick Meinhardt/Getty Images

The World Health Organization recommended its first malaria vaccine for children on Oct. 6, 2021 – a breakthrough hailed by the U.N. agency as a “historic moment.”

Approval of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine, which goes by the name Mosquirix, provides a...

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