MedinCell Receives $ 6.4 Million Grant From Unitaid to Fight Malaria

MONTPELLIER, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Malaria remains pandemic in 91 countries representing 50% of the world's population. According to WHO estimates, 228 million people were infected worldwide in 2018, 93% of them in Africa, leading to 405,000 deaths. Children under 5 years are the most vulnerable., accounting for 67% of deaths from malaria. “Our goal is to neutralize the Anopheles mosquitoes which carry and transmit the malaria parasite, after they have bitten treated populations. In doing so