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Cameroon Rolls Out the World's First Malaria Vaccine
Reuters ^ | January 22, 2024

Posted on 01/27/2024 9:26:12 PM PST by nickcarraway

Cameroon launched the world's first routine vaccine programme against malaria on Monday. It is one of 20 African countries planning to introduce the drug this year, according to global vaccine alliance Gavi. Here are some key facts.

THE VACCINE

The RTS,S malaria vaccine, developed by British pharmaceutical GSK (GSK.L), opens new tab and sold under the brand name Mosquirix, was backed by the World Health Organization in July 2022. It underwent trials in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. Advertisement · Scroll to continue

It acts against P. falciparum, the deadliest strain of malaria spread by anopheles mosquitoes, and the most common in Africa. The vaccine is designed to be administered to young children in four doses from around 5 months of age.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News
KEYWORDS: cameroon; malaria

1 posted on 01/27/2024 9:26:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
For anyone wondering, this is not an mRNA vaccine like the Covid ones. It's a recombinant protein vaccine that combines the target protein from the malaria parasite with one from Hepatitis B (simply to make it easier to purify). It contains and therefore conveys no genetic information.

It's not particularly effective, at only a 30% reduction of hospitalizations due to malaria. But this is still a huge improvement over our prior *nothing*- malaria kills over 600,000 people a year, and the vast majority of those are children. Put differently, out of ALL the deaths globally, malaria on its own accounts for over 1%. That's pretty damn significant for one communicable disease- most of the causes of death ahead of it are things like "heart disease" or "stroke" that have multiple causes. Attacking malaria is one of the most significant discrete (as opposed to the vague multi-origin causes of death mentioned above) global health improvements that can be made. It is probably the biggest single cause of childhood death- the only two causes of childhood mortality I can find listed ahead of it globally are "respiratory infections" and "diarrhea," both of which have a zillion actual causes.
2 posted on 01/27/2024 9:57:52 PM PST by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: verum ago

Considering wonder drugs are anything that can work in 50% of people, 30% is good when taken in proper context.


3 posted on 01/27/2024 10:49:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: verum ago

Don’t we have a lot of other inexpensive drugs that fight malaria?


4 posted on 01/27/2024 11:14:21 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

DDT.


5 posted on 01/28/2024 12:05:16 AM PST by nwrep
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To: nwrep

DDT BTTT


6 posted on 01/28/2024 12:11:48 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: nickcarraway

“Don’t we have a lot of other inexpensive drugs that fight malaria?”

Yes we do and they are not something you want to take on a regular basis. The bubble guts is always present. Malaria is a pox on humans if someone comes up with an effective vaccine that will improve the lives of 4 billion. Having spent much time in the malarial latitudes not having to take high power antimalarial drugs with all that nasty side effects would be a blessing. Stop thinking every vaccine is some conspiracy. Those of use with WHO yellow cards who actually travel to real.hot zones.don’t want to hear boomer tinfoul stuff.


7 posted on 01/28/2024 12:32:17 AM PST by GenXPolymath
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To: GenXPolymath
“Don’t we have a lot of other inexpensive drugs that fight malaria?”

Yes, and no. Some work with some types of malaria and not with others. Each have amazing side effects. Then, after a period time, a strain of malaria in an area may become resistant to the drug of choice and a switch has to made if another is available.

FWIW, never, ever, ever take Larium - melifloquin. It has long-lasting psychotic side effects. It may work against malaria but it might kill you.

8 posted on 01/28/2024 1:59:25 AM PST by Jemian (So many people, too few voodoo dolls)
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To: nickcarraway

Bring back DDT and kill the source.


9 posted on 01/28/2024 4:35:36 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: nickcarraway

Being a recombinant protein vaxx, it likely uses and adjuvant and will probably require boosters.

If there’s an an adjuvant, wonder what it is?

And if boosters are required, that might make up for it being more expensive to produce than an mRNA vaxx.

Hope the pharmaceutical company isn’t screwing the public.


10 posted on 01/28/2024 4:46:40 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: nickcarraway
More details here, from 2019, including on boosters and adjuvants...

RTS,S/AS01 vaccine (Mosquirix™): an overview

11 posted on 01/28/2024 4:49:37 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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Jeez louise...

Malaria vaccine-related adverse events among children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

...A recent phase IV trial and pilot phase of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) have shown that those excesses in meningitis and cerebral malaria were not found to be associated with the RTS,S vaccination.3 However, there may be variations in the vaccine safety across SSA settings. Therefore, extensive and adequate data are needed. Pooled data of individual clinical trials and spontaneous reporting may enable the identification of serious but rare adverse events missed during the trialI...

Okaaaaay...

I won't print the rest of what I'm thinking.

12 posted on 01/28/2024 4:54:19 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla
The vaccine is designed to be administered to young children in four doses from around 5 months of age.

Little bodies already get somewhere around 28 jabs by 15 months so lets add even more. Yes, I just counted the jabs at the CDC site and that didn't include the C19.

13 posted on 01/28/2024 7:16:55 AM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

Wow! 28 jabs? Really? Amazing and distressing.


14 posted on 01/28/2024 10:14:55 AM PST by nwrep
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To: nickcarraway; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...

15 posted on 01/28/2024 1:21:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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