Inexpensive new malaria vaccine
An inexpensive new malaria vaccine is reportedly 80% effective in preventing
malaria.
Although it is comparatively inexpensive, 200 million doses will still
cost 2 billion dollars to make and administer in Africa.
Malaria can't continue to exist in a mosquito for longer than a
mosquito's short life span. If we can prevent it in humans, we can
get rid of it entirely — if we can overcome vaccine denialism.
There is a lot of vagueness in "80% protective," so I don't know whether
this vaccine could eventually eradicate malaria over time. Perhaps in
combination with modern genetic engineering that can greatly reduce the
mosquito population in an area.