Gabon: researchers work on a malaria vaccine

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The research laboratory at Albert-Schweitze hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon. (illustration image) AFP / CELIA LEBUR

By: Yves-Laurent Goma Follow

In Gabon, in Lambaréné, a team of researchers is working hard on the project for a vaccine against malaria, a very deadly and endemic disease in Gabon as in many African countries.

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The research is funded by the European Union, Germany and Gabon. Researchers in Lambaréné, Gabon, have great hope of finding a vaccine against malaria which will be validated by the WHO, the World Health Organization. Report from our correspondent, Yves-Laurent Goma.

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