Malawi to start large-scale trials of groundbreaking malaria vaccine
Malawians going through a medical check-up by a paramedic from a non-governmental organisation in Makhanga on February 3, 2015. Malawi launches on April 23, 2019 a large-scale trial of the most advanced experimental vaccine to date against malaria. PHOTO | AFP
Malawi will on Tuesday spearhead large-scale pilot tests for the world's most advanced experimental malaria vaccine in a bid to prevent the disease that kills hundreds of thousands across Africa each year.
After more than three decades in development and almost $1 billion in investment, the cutting-edge trial will be rolled out in Malawi's capital Lilongwe this week and then in Kenya and Ghana next week.
