RADAR

Trial Suggests Malaria Sickness Could Be Cut By 70%

A new approach to protecting young African children from malaria could reduce deaths and illness from the disease by 70%, a study suggests

BY Philippa Roxby Health Reporter | BBC

Giving them vaccines before the worst season in addition to preventative drugs produced “very striking” results, London researchers say.

The trial followed 6 000 children aged under 17 months in Burkina Faso and Mali.

Most of the 400 000 deaths from malaria each year are in the under-five age group.