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Malaria kills more than half a million and affects over 225 million people every year.
Following a number of groundbreaking clinical trials, Professor Sir Nick White and his colleagues successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of artemisinin in the treatment of malaria. They also pioneered artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT), the most effective and fast-acting malaria treatment in the world.
On Thursday, Nigeria announced the regulatory approval and launch of the new R21/Matrix-M™ malaria vaccine that will be freely administered to recipients. This marks a significant milestone in the country’s fight against the deadly disease.
