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Malaria vaccine backed by European Medicines Agency
24 July 2015 Last updated at 07:22 BST
The first ever vaccine for malaria has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, meaning it is close to being introduced for use in Africa.
Every year 600,000 people die from malaria and most of those are children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Fergus Walsh reports.
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