Malaria trial shows ‘striking’ 70% reduction in severe illness in children

A study in Burkina Faso and Mali suggests combining anti-malarial drugs and vaccination could reduce deaths and hospitalisations

A trial combining vaccinations and prevention drugs has substantially lowered the number of children dying of malaria in two African countries, according to researchers.

The results of the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have been hailed as very striking", especially at a time when decades-long progress on combating malaria has stalled in some countries.