Fig. 1

Milestones in malaria. The key milestones in the history of malaria research and control are depicted in this timeline. It highlights major discoveries, the development of treatments and vaccines, and significant global initiatives from the identification of Plasmodium parasites in 1880 to the approval of the RTS, S/AS01 (Mosquirix) malaria vaccine in 2018. This figure was created with BioRender.com