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Researchers at the Jenner Institute at Oxford University have developed the first, low-cost, vaccine for malaria. It is now being rolled out to children under the age of 5 in Ivory Coast and South Sudan. It is called the R21/Matrix-M vaccine. The vaccine is supposed to be 75% effective in preventing malaria in children who have been bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitos.
Getting the cost down to about $4 was the key as even $10 was considered too expensive by many of the countries where it is most needed.
This vaccine is not approved yet in the US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9r3xxv1n5qo
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...Africa-eradicate-killer-mosquito-illness.html
The GAVI network is sponsoring this rollout. With regard to a similar vaccine for adults, these are in the test phase. Sir Adrian Hill who lead the research into the development of the R21 vaccine said,