A vaccine composition comprising a Th1-inducing adjuvant in combination with a protecting Liver Stage Antigen or immunological fragment thereof of a human malaria parasite, especially Plasmodium falciparum, with the proviso that when the immunological fragment is an immunological fragment of LSA-3 the Th1-inducing adjuvant is not Montanide. In a preferred aspect the Th1-inducing adjuvant comprises QS21, De-O-acylated monophosphoryl lipid A (3D-MPL) and an oil in water emulsion wherein the oil in water emulsion has the following composition: a metabolisible oil, such a squalene, alpha tocopherol and tween 80. In a further preferred aspect the protecting Liver Stage Antigen is Liver Stage Antigen 3 (LSA-3) or an immunological fragment thereof. A multivalent vaccine composition is also provided comprising the vaccine composition of the invention and in addition at least one other protecting antigen or an immunological fragment thereof, of a malaria parasite.
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