Vaccine for Malaria

[SocketRocket]

Buried amongst all the bad news there's an article explaining that Oxford University have created a vaccine to protect against Malaria. This will save the lives of countless children.

Good news for a change.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Do they say how long before it can start being rolled out? That is massive for the African continent in particular.

 

[SocketRocket]

Do they say how long before it can start being rolled out? That is massive for the African continent in particular.

It says they have production facilities that can start producing millions of doses and gives 80% protection. Probably it will be clear for use at the end of the year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797776

 

[backwoodsman]

That's not new news is it? A vaccine for malaria was announced ages ago?

 

[JSims]

It says they have production facilities that can start producing millions of doses and gives 80% protection. Probably it will be clear for use at the end of the year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797776

Fantastic news
The greatest challenge will then be getting he vaccine out to those most at risk. Africa is not like UK/US etc for such campaigns! Only around 20% of Africans have been vaccinated for Covid compared to around 90% in UK! So existing methods, such as insecticide treated nets and spraying programs, will continue to be the main prevention for some time imo.
Edit: There have been previous vaccines, but only 1 previously (last year) with the 75%-plus effectiveness wanted by WHO. This one is apparently better.

 

[SocketRocket]

That's not new news is it? A vaccine for malaria was announced ages ago?

Read the link I posted.

 

[backwoodsman]

Read the link I posted.

I did. And it seemed to be a "my willy is bigger than your willy" piece ??

 

[SocketRocket]

I did. And it seemed to be a "my willy is bigger than your willy" piece ??

What! It's about an amazing new vaccine developed by Oxford University that is cheap to produce, is 80% effective, has facilities to make huge amounts and could remove children's deaths from Malaria in a generation. Why are you so keen to put it down?

 

[JSims]

What! It's about an amazing new vaccine developed by Oxford University that is cheap to produce, is 80% effective, has facilities to make huge amounts and could remove children's deaths from Malaria in a generation. Why are you so keen to put it down?

Agreed that it seems better than the existing vaccine; but there also seems to be a throwback to the old Thatcher 'Because it's British, therefore better!' attitude.
As I posted earlier...The biggest challenge will be to get it to the target recipients - the complexities of which, including significant corruption, is something that is completely alien to most UK vaccine developers!

 

[backwoodsman]

I'm sure both vaccines are very good - and both will be an absolute boon to malaria stricken areas. Both are very good news. But the Oxford people were never going to say " we've just produced a new vaccine - but its not as good as the one that came out last year". Were they?

 

[JSims]

I'm sure both vaccines are very good - and both will be an absolute boon to malaria stricken areas. Both are very good news. But the Oxford people were never going to say " we've just produced a new vaccine - but its not as good as the one that came out last year". Were they?

Certainly not if the results shows it's better, which they appear to do!