Original version

BBC World Service Australasia

Health Check

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

No Master Brand

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC Afghan Radio

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Health Check: Malaria vaccine backed by WHO

Magazines & Reviews

Malaria vaccine backed by WHO

2023/10/04 GMT

BBC World Service - Health Check, Malaria vaccine backed by WHO

The World Health Organisation recommends University of Oxford vaccine for global use.

Vaccine for malaria recommended by WHO; Women facing inequalities in cancer care around the world; Nobel Prize awarded to scientists behind technology that led to Covid vaccines

A vaccine for malaria that can be produced cheaply on a large scale has been recommended for use by the World Health Organisation. It was developed by the University of Oxford, and is only the second malaria vaccine to be developed.

Claudia Hammond is joined by New Scientist health reporter Clare Wilson to look at how the new vaccine works, and why it’s proven so hard to find a way to inoculate against malaria.

We also look at major new research that’s found women are facing major inequalities in cancer care around the world, with calls for a feminist approach to cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.

Claudia and Clare also discuss this week’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professors Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are sharing the prize for their work developing the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines.

And we hear whether or not there’s evidence that mental health ‘first aid’ courses have real medical benefits.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Dan Welsh
Editor: Erika Wright

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Health Check

Malaria vaccine backed by WHO

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Australasia

About BBC World Service