A malaria vaccine is an oral vaccine that's used to prevent malaria from spreading to people. The only currently approved malaria vaccine as of today is RTS, R, formulated by the same brand name Mosquirax. It usually takes four injections, has low efficiency, and takes about six weeks for it to become complete.
Malaria Vaccines are given individually or in combination with other malaria vaccines. It is recommended that an adequate amount of immunity is built up before administering a Malaria vaccine. This can be done by taking vitamin supplements, which are known to boost immunity. However, these supplements may not be sufficient as long as one lives in areas where there continue to be malaria transmissions. If one lives in a region that has received a vaccination and if there are no new transmissions, then it would be advisable to administer the Malaria vaccine. However, experts recommend that one should wait until the current outbreak is over to administer any such vaccine... Read more