Abstract

John Ibekwe

The news of the trial of the new malaria vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in cooperation with the Malaria Vaccine Initiative (sponsored partly by Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation) has provoked this editorial. Malaria remains one of the oldest afflictions of man. Malaria probably is as old as humanity. It was one of the earliest fevers to have an academic description in Medicine.