How To Eradicate Malaria? Promising New Technique Raises Ethical Issues

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how to eradicate malaria promising new technique raises ethical issues
The world's largest vaccine manufacturer in India will begin distributing a new malaria vaccine in Africa starting in May. The disease kills more than 600,000 people each year, 95 percent of whom are in Africa and mostly children. Separately, another solution known as gene drive is being considered to combat malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. Yet gene drive raises ethical concerns, as FRANCE 24's Julia Sieger explains.