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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Samuel Lovett

More funding needed for rollout of highly effective malaria vaccine, Oxford chief warns

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More government funding is needed to faciliate the rollout of the world’s most effective malaria vaccine in Africa, the Oxford professor who developed the jab has warned.

It was announced in April 2021 that the vaccine was 77 per cent effective in protecting against the mosquito-borne disease - the first time that a malaria jab has surpassed the 75 per cent efficacy goal set by the World Health Organisation.

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