I try to understand how adults in Africa learn to live in h… - Faith Osier

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I try to understand how adults in Africa learn to live in harmony with the parasite responsible for malaria, such that infections do not make them ill. This knowledge could help us design vaccines that would protect children, who can die as a result of a malaria infection.

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About Faith Osier

Faith Hope Among’in Osier (born 1972) is a Kenyan immunologist, paediatrician and educator.

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Alternative Names: Faith Hope Among’in Osier • Faith Hope A. Osier • Faith HA Osier

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The journey towards the development of a malaria vaccine is bumpy. It involves understanding highly evolved parasites that can replicate while hidden within the cells of their hosts.

When you come into a place, it is really important to see people who are achieving things,” Professor Osier said. “If you come into a place where people are dead wood, however brilliant you may be, you are going to become dead wood yourself.

I feel the urgency with dealing with these [infectious disease] problems because I have experienced them up close.

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