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This year’s World Health Organisation (WHO) World Malaria Day (on 25th April) has the theme of ‘Defeat Malaria’. Nearly half the world’s population is at risk of contracting the disease, and millions are affected by malaria every year. Dr Sumi Biswas work on developing vaccines that block the blood transmission of malaria has won her a Grand Challenges Explorations Award.