Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: PBS Context: It launched the world’s first malaria vaccine program for children (Mosquirix), aiming to vaccinate about 250,000 children this year and next. The vaccine, Mosquirix, endorsed by the World Health Organization, is around 30% effective, requires four doses, and has been approved for use despite its imperfections. The campaign …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Issues related to health. Context: Karnataka has set a target to eliminate malaria by 2027, three years before the 2030 target set by the Union government. Karnataka has received national recognition and appreciation for its efforts to eliminate malaria in the past six years, between 2015 and 2021, as …
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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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Introduction: Malaria has been one of the world’s deadliest diseases. It kills more than 400,000 people a year worldwide and causes illness in millions of others.Africa is home to 70% of the world’s malaria cases and 90% of deaths.In the past two decades, existing interventions have reduced the malaria burden. And India, too, has …
