Whose research helped create the first malaria vaccine used in children?

Malaria vaccine development took many years and involved researchers around the world, including Pedro Alonso in major clinical and public-health efforts. The RTS,S vaccine became the first malaria vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization in 2021 for young children in regions with moderate to high malaria transmission. It does not provide complete protection, but it reduces severe malaria and deaths when combined with other control measures such as bed nets and antimalarial drugs. This was a historic milestone because malaria has long been one of the world’s deadliest parasitic diseases.