Malaria: Dramatic reductions in cases and deaths continue over five years with seasonal malaria vaccine-drug combination

The final results of a landmark studypublished inThe Lancet Infectious Diseasesconfirm that the benefits of combining the RTS,S/AS01E(RTS,S) malaria vaccine with antimalarial drugs in settings of highly seasonal malaria transmission continue over five years. The vaccine-drug combination reduced clinical malaria episodes, including cases of severe malaria, and deaths from malaria in young children by nearly [...]

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