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Can we finally wipe out malaria with a vaccine 37 years in the making?

Can we finally wipe out malaria with a vaccine 37 years in the making?

23 April 2021

Efforts to make malaria history have had huge success in recent years. Now, there’s hope that the long-awaited RTS,S vaccine can go the last mile
Why are people still dying of malaria when we have a treatment?

Why are people still dying of malaria when we have a treatment?

21 August 2019

Ugandan inventor Brian Gitta created a way to test for malaria without a blood sample. He hopes it will help people get vital treatment faster, and enable us to track and ultimately beat the disease

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