Malaria vaccine: WHO position paper -- March 2022. (cover story)

MALARIA prevention; DRUG therapy for malaria; MALARIA diagnosis; WORLD Health Organization; PUBLIC health surveillance; VACCINES; IMMUNIZATION; COMBINATION drug therapy; RESEARCH evaluation; PRIORITY (Philosophy); PUBLIC health; VACCINE development; MEDICAL care costs; VACCINE effectiveness; MEDICAL protocols; MALARIA; DRUG interactions; AT-risk people; DRUG side effects

The article presents the 2022 position paper by the World Health Organization (WHO) on malaria vaccines. Topics include the use of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) method to evaluate the quality of evidence, the national malaria control programmes, and how vector-borne diseases like malaria are transmitted.