Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria each year, but it took 141 years to develop a vaccine for it. Advance market commitments could speed things up next time.
This is an audio recording of the article ‘Why we didn’t get a malaria vaccine sooner’, which was written by Saloni Dattani, Rachel Glennerster and Siddhartha Haria, and published on Works in Progress on 7th September 2023. This audio recording was recorded by Saloni Dattani.
Plus, here’s a bonus illustration with a little spoiler, created by DALL-E.
Why we didn't get a malaria vaccine sooner (audio recording)