Milestone in malaria battle as £3 vaccine is rolled out across Africa which could eradicate killer, mosquito-borne illness within 10 years
Daily MailAfrican babies are set to receive a £3 malaria vaccine that could potentially eradicate the disease within a decade. African babies will receive a £3 malaria vaccine that could eradicate malaria within a decade The first doses of the R21 jab, developed by a team at the University of Oxford, will be given to babies under the age of two in the Ivory Coast today and South Sudan tomorrow 'A malaria-free world is finally in sight,' Adar Poonawalle, chief executive of the Serum Institute in India, told the Sunday Times. Fifteen countries in Africa including the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Burundi and Nigeria are expected to introduce the vaccine by the end of the year. The malaria vaccine arrives in South Sudan, as 15 countries across Africa including the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Burundi and Nigeria are expected to introduce it by the end of the year 'I think the whole thing is doable, not in the next five years, but maybe in the next 10.'