Türkiye's first national vaccine has been produced. The vaccine was developed as a cure for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, a virus transmitted to humans by ticks that has caused many deaths worldwide. A documentary was also made about it, referring to it as "the vaccine the world has been waiting for.".
Türkiye's first national vaccine will be presented to viewers for the first time on February 21, 2016, on TRT Documentary Channel in a documentary titled "The Vaccine the World Has Been Waiting For." They worked for years in valleys and villages, discovering the habitats of the tick species that transmits the virus. The patients' struggle for life, the doctors' efforts to save lives – the story of this discovery that will end the nightmare of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever will be shared with viewers through this documentary.
