Experiments show that malaria can be reduced by 70%
A study conducted in West Africa suggests that combining malaria vaccines with antiretroviral drugs could reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by more than 70 percent.
But the mixture should be used before the rainy season.
Malaria mainly affects children and young people, killing more than 400,000 people each year, especially in Africa.
The new study involved 6,000 children between the ages of five and 17 in Burkina Faso and Mali, who were most affected by mosquito-borne diseases.
Scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who assisted in conducting the study, described the results as "surprising".
They hope that the same approach to drug mixing will help curb malaria in many parts of Africa.
