SciShow | The World's First Malaria Vaccine Gets a Shot in Africa

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Episode Title: The World's First Malaria Vaccine Gets a Shot in Africa
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Description: Last week, the World Health Organization announced that a malaria vaccine has finally made it through all the regulatory hurdles and is being distributed in the country of Malawi. Learn how it works and why it’s taken so long to develop a safe and effective malaria vaccine on this week’s SciShow News. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/kenya/blog/malaria-vaccine-in-kenya.html https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60721-8/fulltext https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/reduction/vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/faqs.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/malaria/symptoms-causes/syc-20351184 https://www.malariavaccine.org/malaria-and-vaccines/rtss https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/23-04-2019-malaria-vaccine-pilot-launched-in-malawi https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736123/ https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/biology/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/conversations/downloads/vacsafe-understand-color-office.pdf https://www.who.int/malaria/areas/preventive_therapies/children/en/ https://www.who.int/ith/diseases/malaria/en/ https://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world-malaria-report-2018/report/en/ https://www.who.int/malaria/media/malaria-vaccine-implementation-qa/en/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829262/ https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/malaria/symptoms-causes/syc-20351184 https://www.malariavaccine.org/sites/www.malariavaccine.org/files/content/page/files/PATH_MVI_RTSS_Fact%20sheet_042019.pdf https://www.malariavaccine.org/malaria-and-vaccines/rtss https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4829262/ https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-statement-world-malaria-day-2019 https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/reduction/vaccine.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806383/ https://www.dovepress.com/rtss-malaria-vaccine-development-progress-and-considerations-for-posta-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-VDT https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806383/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/10/how-the-milestone-malaria-vaccine-works/ https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2014/09/16/347727459/which-contagious-diseases-are-the-deadliest https://qz.com/africa/1606511/malaria-vaccine-by-gsk-for-african-children-is-still-too-limited/ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/24/18514577/malaria-vaccine-malawi-pilot-program https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/19/pivotal-test-experimental-malaria-vaccine-begins/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/malaria-vaccine-rollout-is-a-gamble-an-imperfect-tool-used-imperfectly/


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