BBC World Service Health Check – 28th April
I was a guest on the BBC World News health check program, presented by Laura Hammond on the 28th April. The main guests talked about Covid19 in India and fitness. I talked about th
The Key to a better malaria vaccine by Prof Faith Osier
How fantastic would it be if a group of African scientists developed a malaria vaccine that worked really well. This is all very exciting and I wish Faith and her team the very
Exciting malaria study
Sometimes reporting can give an overly exciting impression about something very benign - sowing unnecessary confusion. This is an exciting trial which may hold the key to future ma
Malaria vaccine implementation ….. part 2
The malaria vaccine RTS,S will be complementary to other malaria interventions and is not a magic bullet. The time has come for different combinations of approaches to be tried out
Malaria vaccine implementation starts next year
The vaccines that most people are used to: polio, measles, tetanus – prevent over 90% of the disease they protect against - this protection lasts a lifetime. The malaria vaccine
Genius malaria parasites
It is amazing that though we are reaching out into the universe to explore outer worlds – we still have not worked out how immunity to malaria is accomplished in adults. The scor
The RTS,S malaria vaccine trial …… a take home message
The results of the RTS,S malaria vaccine trial were published on the 24th April 2015. The data was deflating for those who hoped that the vaccine would play a strong role in elimin
Anti-malaria vaccine a few tests away.
Anti-malaria vaccine a few tests away. The Daily Nation. 24th April 2013. I published this feature article in the Daily Nation – looking at the journey for the malaria vaccin