Seattle foundations behind new malaria vaccine trial
Two Seattle-based foundations are behind a large malaria vaccine trial being launched in Africa next month.
The trial will enrol 16,000 children to test a promising vaccine that in earlier trials proved to be at least partially effective.
The trial has been organised by PATH, a Seattle-based foundation that specializes in global health, in cooperation with the British drug company GlaxoSmithKline, and is being funded with a grant from Seattle’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
To learn more:
- Read the Associated Press report about the upcoming trial.
- Visit the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative’s website.
- Visit the Gates Foundation web page on malaria
- View the BBC’s 22-minute documentary on malaria vaccine research available on the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiatives website.
Category: Global Health, Infections
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