Malaria Vaccine First Approved In 2015 Only Now Reaching Children In Need

The New York Times (7/5, Nolen) detailed the “cautionary tale about a system that is ill equipped to deliver critical tools to the people who need them most,” referring to a vaccine that protects against malaria that has just arrived in Africa, despite receiving “major regulatory approval in 2015.” The Times said it “took decades and at least a billion dollars to reach this point.” Even now, “only a fraction of the children whose lives are at risk will get the vaccine this year, or next year, or the year after.”