{"id":73873,"date":"2019-05-03T11:14:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=73873"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:14:27","slug":"world-first-malaria-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/world-first-malaria-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"World First Malaria Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Consider the following statements:<\/strong>\n<br>(1)\tIn Sub-Saharan region malaria is transmitted through female Anopheles Mosquitoes\n<br>(2)\tMalawi is the first country where first malaria vaccine has been implemented\n<strong><br>Which of the above mentioned statement\/s is\/are correct?<\/strong>\n<br>(a)\t 1 Only\n<br>(b)\t 2 Only\n<br>(c)\t Both (1) and (2) \n<br>(d)\t Neither (1) nor (2)\n<strong><br>Answer: (c)\n<br>Related facts: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>African Nation Malawi<\/strong> will be undertaking large scale pilot tests\nfor the world\u2019s most advanced experimental <strong>malaria\nvaccine Mosquirix.<\/strong><\/li><li>The vaccine has\nbeen recommended by WHO for Pilot introduction in selected areas of 3 African\ncountries \u2013 <strong>Ghana, Kenya and Malawi<\/strong>\nfor the <strong>malaria\nvaccine implementation programme (MVIP)<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>RTS, S\/ASOI \u2013 trade name Mosquirix<\/strong> \u2013 as a <strong>recombinant\nprotein based malaria vaccine.<\/strong><\/li><li>Mosquirix \u2013 the\nbrand name for RTS, S-trigger the immune system to defend against the first\nstages of the infections disease shortly after the malaria parasitic enters the\nblood stream through mosquito bite.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>RTS,S was created\nin 1987 by scientists working in GSK laboratories. In early 2001, GSK and\nPATH\u2014with the support of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation\u2014entered into a\npartnership to develop the vaccine for infants and young children living in\nmalaria endemic regions in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/li><li>RTS,S received a\npositive scientific opinion from the European Medicines Agency in 2015 and was\nrecommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for a pilot implementation\nprogram to assess the feasibility of administering the required four doses of the\nvaccine in children,&nbsp;the vaccine\u2019s role in reducing childhood deaths and\nsevere malaria, and its safety in the context of routine use.<\/li><li>The <strong>country-led and WHO-coordinated Malaria\nVaccine<\/strong> <strong>Implementation Programme <\/strong>will\nalso provide data and information for a WHO policy recommendation on the\nbroader use of the vaccine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Malaria:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Malaria <\/strong>is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites <strong>(Plasmodium)<\/strong> that\nare transmitted to people through the bites of infected <strong>female Anopheles\nmosquitoes<\/strong>. It is preventable and curable.<\/li><li>Earlier In <strong>2017,<\/strong>\nthere were an estimated <strong>219 million cases<\/strong> of malaria in <strong>87 countries.<\/strong><\/li><li>The estimated number of\nmalaria deaths stood at <strong>435 000 <\/strong>in <strong>2017.<\/strong><\/li><li>The <strong>WHO African Region<\/strong>\ncarries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden. <strong>In\n2017<\/strong>, the region was home to <strong>92% of malaria cases<\/strong> and <strong>93% of\nmalaria deaths.<\/strong><\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>Total funding for <strong>malaria\ncontrol and elimination<\/strong> reached an estimated <strong>US$<\/strong> <strong>3.1 billion in\n2017<\/strong>. Contributions from governments of endemic countries amounted to <strong>US$\n900 million<\/strong>, representing <strong>28% of total funding.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/malaria\/media\/malaria-vaccine-implementation-qa\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/malaria\/media\/malaria-vaccine-implementation-qa\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/detail\/23-04-2019-malaria-vaccine-pilot-launched-in-malawi\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/detail\/23-04-2019-malaria-vaccine-pilot-launched-in-malawi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.malariavaccine.org\/malaria-and-vaccines\/rtss\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.malariavaccine.org\/malaria-and-vaccines\/rtss<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/malaria\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/malaria<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RTS,S\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RTS,S<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements: (1) In Sub-Saharan region malaria is transmitted through female Anopheles Mosquitoes (2) Malawi is the first country where first malaria vaccine has been implemented Which of the above mentioned statement\/s is\/are correct? (a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only (c) Both (1) and (2) (d) Neither (1) nor (2) Answer: (c) Related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131],"tags":[2377],"class_list":["post-73873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","tag-defensescience-short-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}