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Draw the line against malaria!

Posted 25^th February 2021 by Kadiatou Sanogo

Over the past few decades, 1.5 billion malaria cases were prevented and 7.6 million lives worldwide were saved. Progress has been impressive, but the disease is fighting back. The number…

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Using DNA barcodes in the fight against malaria

Posted 10^th February 2021 by Dr Fred Aboagye-Antwi

Target Malaria researchers at the University of Ghana have teamed up with colleagues from the University of Oxford and the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph, Canada,…

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New vector biologist

Posted 9^th February 2021 by Maria Vittoria Mancini

I am excited to be joining the Target Malaria team as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Vector Biology based in the Polo d’Innovazione di Genomica, Genetica e Biologia (Polo GGB) in…

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Making Target Malaria’s science accessible to kids

Posted 3^rd February 2021 by Mark Benedict

Stakeholder engagement is one of Target Malaria’s three pillars. The project wants to make sure that local communities and other stakeholders understand the research we are conducting and the technology…

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Co-Developing a common glossary with stakeholders

Posted 27^th January 2021 by Wilfrid I. Meda

Target Malaria’s commitment to a co-development approach means that participating communities’ views, concerns and expectations are taken into account for all project activities. Because the project works across different countries…

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2021: Progress during challenging times

Posted 18^th January 2021 by Professor Austin Burt

2020 was a strange and difficult year for all. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new set of challenges to the project, forcing the team to be creative and find new…

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Spanish TV Science Series visits the Crisanti Lab

Posted 11^th January 2021 by Christo Hall

The current season of El Cazador de Cerebros (The Brain Hunter), a Spanish language science documentary series aired on the Spanish public broadcast channel, RTVE – La 2, begins with…

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New Project Manager for Stakeholder Engagement and Communications

Posted 14^th December 2020 by Nina Van Niekerk

I am thrilled to be joining the Target Malaria team as the new Project Manager for Stakeholder Engagement and Communications. I am particularly looking forward to working with a team…

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Malaria must die so millions can live

Posted 3^rd December 2020 by Jessica d'Adhémar

In an ongoing effort to raise awareness of the fight against malaria, the influential Malaria Must Die campaign led by Malaria No More UK is releasing a new, ground-breaking short…

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World Malaria Report: We saved millions, but we need to do more

Posted 30^th November 2020 by Bakara Dicko

The World Health Organization is releasing today its annual World Malaria Report 2020. While the report gave many reasons to celebrate, the situation in Africa is not progressing like the…

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