Malarial Game Changer
I contracted malaria 4 times during the 4 years I lived in Africa (Liberia & Cameroon) in the 70s and 80s. Not because I was noncompliant with my antimalarial medication, but instead, the malarial parasite mutated causing the medication to become ineffective and drug resisitant. During that period, 60% of the Liberian children died before the age of 5, and ~80% of those deaths were from malaria.
I survived my malarial illnesses because I recieved quick treatment. However, this is not the case for most living in these infested areas. 600,000 people die worldwide each year from this preventable mosquito-borne disease. The parasite, the size of a grape seed, is the biggest disease killer in humans. Check out NOVA’s PBS 2023 special called, The Battle to Beat Malaria.
In 2021 I wrote a post about a vaccine that was developed called R21. The offical rollout of a similar vaccine called RTS,S started in 2024 in the country of Cameroon, where I lived in the early 80s. Check out this article of a Malarial Game Changer that can save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Above are the first two Cameroonian children to be vaccinated in 2024
Currently, this vaccine is offered free to the nations with the highest rate of disease. We are in desperate need of good news for the world and mankind. And today we have it. Check out this video for more information.
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