Malaria vaccine backed by European Medicines Agency

The first ever vaccine for malaria has been approved by the European Medicines Agency, meaning it could be close to being introduced for use in Africa.

Each year there are 198 million cases of malaria, killing 584,000 people, most of whom are children in sub-Saharan Africa.

However, the breakthrough has been treated with caution by some, and trials among children have yielded mixed results.

Fergus Walsh reports.