The announcement was made ahead of the World Malaria Day which will be celebrated today on April 25. 3) The vaccine does not prevent malaria in everyone who gets itResearchers found that in children aged between five and 17 months who received four doses of the vaccine, the vaccine prevented about 40 per cent of all malaria cases. However, the protective benefit of the vaccine was lost for children who did not receive the fourth dose of the vaccine. 4) Producing a malaria vaccine has not been easyCurrently, there is no malaria vaccine approved for use. According to the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, the RTS, S vaccine works by targeting the liver phase of the malaria parasite’s life cycle.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2017 19:30 UTC