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Michael Clemens
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Professor of economics at George Mason University, fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics. Personal views exclusively. Erdős number = 4. mclem.org
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When I was younger, I wondered if I would live to see this wonderful news. Now I have: The latest generation of malaria vaccines, today being delivered to African children, have efficacy 75–79% in infants a year later (age <18mo.) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38310910/

Safety and efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate R21/Matrix-M in African children: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial - PubMed
Safety and efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate R21/Matrix-M in African children: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial - PubMed

The Serum Institute of India, the Wellcome Trust, the UK National Institute for Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, and Open Philanthropy.

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tfnlic.bsky.social

Incredible! Wonderful news.

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AHabbaetha.bsky.social

This is wonderful.

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DDbindlestiff.bsky.social

Having had malaria myself, and having witnessed its catastrophic effects in Cameroon, I’m going to go ahead and call this a medical miracle.

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Michael Clemens
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Professor of economics at George Mason University, fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics. Personal views exclusively. Erdős number = 4. mclem.org
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