Fact Sheet: RTS,S Malaria Vaccine Candidate

Publisher:
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
Publication Date:
18 October 2011
Tags:
Africa, Malaria, Health and Medicine

Malaria kills close to 800,000 people a year worldwide and sickens tens of millions more, most of them children living in sub-Saharan Africa. A safe and effective vaccine would be an important component of a comprehensive malaria control programme and could potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives.

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