How was Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

Name: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran.
Country: France.
Date of Birth: 18 June 1845.
Died: 18 May 1922.
Education: University of Strasbourg.
Subjects Of Study: Malaria.
Known as: Trypanosomiasis, malaria.
Noble Prize Year: Nobel Prize for Peace in 1907, for his in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases.