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Two families reflect on their malaria vaccine journey
It’s a sunny day in a rural subdivision of Lilongwe, Malawi. Seventeen-month-old Lusitana is playing outdoors with friends as her mother chats and laughs with neighbors. Just across the way, in another village, a young boy named Evision is also enjoying the end of the rainy season. Exactly one year...23 Apr 2020 -
Kenya strengthens fight against malaria with new vaccine
13 Sep 2019 -
A new tool for tricky vaccine development
Imagine if scientists could create their own antibodies – the protein that the immune system creates in order to fight diseases. While it might sound like something out of a science fiction novel, scientists have figured out a way to do it.25 Oct 2018 -
Regaining progress against malaria requires new tools
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 2017 World Malaria Report on the state of malaria control and elimination across the globe and, worryingly, emphasized that although more countries have accelerated toward malaria elimination, the global progress to prevent malaria disease...28 Nov 2017 -
Ending malaria: perseverance is key
The news shared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its annual World Malaria Report is at once heartening and concerning. While fewer people died from malaria in 2015 than in years past, the rate of progress against the disease has slowed.15 Dec 2016 -
The challenges of malaria vaccine “challenge” trials: mosquitoes travel in business class to infect American volunteers—but fare better in economy
VMP001 Q&A with Ashley Birkett The director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Dr. Ashley Birkett, tells us about recently completed work on a novel vaccine approach against the “other malaria parasite,” Plasmodium vivax, and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some unique hurdles to...22 Jun 2016 -
Events have been held around the world to mark World Malaria Day
Explore a couple of the events that MVI co-sponsored.25 Apr 2016 -
World Malaria Day 2016
Every year, April 25 marks World Malaria Day—an opportunity to reflect on progress made in combating the parasitic disease and to look ahead to ways to accelerate the quest to eliminate and ultimately eradicate this scourge.22 Apr 2016 -
PATH launches Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access
14 Mar 2016 -
Searching for immune correlates in malaria vaccine development
MVI’s Scientific Advisor Ulrike (Ulli) Wille-Reece, an immunologist by training, recently sat down with Kenzie Tynuv of the communications team to discuss the search for immune correlates in the context of developing malaria vaccines. Prior to joining MVI, Ulli worked at the Vaccine Research Center...26 Jan 2016 -
Raising air-conditioned mosquitoes to stop malaria cold
Lab-raised mosquitoes are critically important to figuring out how to stop their wild cousins from spreading deadly diseases like malaria.29 Aug 2015 -
As the malaria parasite continues to evolve, science must keep pace
Last week, a parasite small enough to hide out in the salivary glands of a mosquito served notice that it’s capable of undoing a multibillion dollar global effort that over the last ten years has dramatically reduced deaths from one of humanity’s most prolific killers.1 Mar 2015