STAT August 1, 2024
For the first time, the world is starting to roll out malaria vaccines to children in sub-Saharan Africa. The story of the development of those vaccines, a decades-long effort that stretched from labs in New York, England, and Belgium to clinical research sites in a number of African countries, is detailed in a STAT special report published Thursday.
Below are four takeaways about what the history of the malaria shots shows about vaccine development, particularly for neglected diseases that primarily affect low-income countries.
Science builds
Sometimes scientific discoveries are attributed to individual champions. But if you talk with researchers, they stress that really, science snowballs, with initial findings enabling future breakthroughs. That was clear in the case of the malaria...
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