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What is Mosquirix, the first malaria vaccine to get the WHO’s backing?

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health.   Context: RTS,S/ASO1 (RTS.S), trade name Mosquirix, was recently endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is the first and, to date only, vaccine shown to have the capability of significantly reducing malaria, and life-threatening severe malaria, in tests on young African children.   About Mosquirix: …

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