Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Malaria vaccine

Hopefully, but  RTS,S (Mosquirix) seems to have a 30 to 40 

percent efficacy and has to be used with 

conventional  medicaments. The administration of four 

doses and a booster  to  infants, and the sheer difficulty of 

keeping the necessary temperature is also a challenge.

There is a bit of hype by GlaxoSmithKline  and the WHO.

Afterall this vaccine has its beginnings in 1987 by Manuel Pattarroyo, 

a Columbian professor.

https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.7824925

Perhaps this present wall-to wall coverage diverts attention from the

paltry donations of covid19 vaccines.  Or perhaps not.

Whatever the case, they are selling this  one as a Christmas present

 to Africa.  South Asia, Southeast Asia, South America,

the Caribbean,  and the Pacific are malaria  regions, too,

and I expect that they will get some of the anticipated

 benefits from it, too, granted that Africa has the majority of cases.

Prof. Gloria Emeagwali

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association

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