Why we didn't get a malaria vaccine sooner - Works in Progress
Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria each year, but it took 141 years to develop a vaccine for it. Advance market commitments could speed things up next time.
In 1969, just 14 years after it was initiated, the World Health Assembly stepped back from its program to eradicate malaria worldwide, declaring that it was no longer feasible in the near future. Global eradication was an ambition that had been galvanized by the promise of DDT, a pesticide developed during World War Two. 1 The program’s leaders expected malaria eradication to be a smooth, quick process – one that would be completed within just eight years in some countries like Mexico, and 10 to 15 years worldwide . Get the print magazine Subscribe for $100 to receive six beautiful issues per
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