1A new vaccine against malaria has shown very strong results in a large international trial.
2The year-long trial involved more than twelve thousand young children across three different African countries.
3Children who received the new vaccine were only half as likely to fall ill with malaria.
4Side effects were mostly mild, usually a sore arm or a slight fever for one day.
5Health experts say the vaccine could save tens of thousands of lives every single year.
6The World Health Organization will carefully review all the results in the coming winter months.
7If it is approved, the new vaccine could reach the very first patients within two years.
8The company behind the vaccine has promised to keep the price low for poor countries.
9Malaria still kills around four hundred thousand people, mainly very young children, every single year.
10Researchers called the trial results a turning point in the global fight against the disease.