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  1. This is the first time ever that a vaccine has been recommended to combat malaria, a disease that has killed billions of people globally over many centuries. Malaria researchers from CDC’s Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM) have been instrumental in this major milestone.

  2. Malaria vaccines are vaccines that prevent malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease which annually affects an estimated 247 million people worldwide and causes 619,000 deaths. The first approved vaccine for malaria is RTS,S, known by the brand name Mosquirix.

  3. Develop and license malaria vaccines with protective efficacy of at least 75% against clinical malaria for areas with ongoing malaria transmission. Develop malaria vaccines that reduce transmission and human malaria infection, enabling elimination in multiple settings through mass vaccination campaigns.

  4. Apr 3, 2022 · 4 March 2022. Departmental news. Reading time: WHO today published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine that includes the October 2021 recommendation calling for the wider use of the vaccine among children living in areas of moderate-to-high P. falciparum malaria transmission.

  5. Jul 13, 2021 · July 13, 2021. Malaria vaccines provide strong and lasting immunity. At a Glance. Researchers developed a malaria vaccination strategy that provided broad, long-lasting protection in controlled clinical trials. The approach is now being tested in a Phase 2 clinical trial in Mali.

  6. Malaria vaccines. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. WHO updated its recommendation for malaria vaccines in October 2023. This applies to both RTS,S/AS01 and R21/Matrix-M vaccines.

  7. Jun 28, 2023 · 28 June 2023. Correction 06 July 2023. The next frontier for malaria vaccination. Hot on the heels of the first approved vaccine for malaria, researchers are racing to develop even better...

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