Opinion: Historic yet imperfect: Malaria vaccine brings hope but the fight is far from over
Historic yet imperfect. That’s how I think of the World Health Organization’s recent endorsement of the long-awaited malaria vaccine, officially known as RTS,S/AS01, or simply as RTS,S.
This recommendation follows careful determination by two of the WHO’s high-level advisory panels, one on immunization and another on malaria (which I serve on), that RTS,S provides significant protection against disease and deaths and that it is safe and cost-effective.
