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Meet the young scientists of Target Malaria: Koulmaga Dao

Posted 14th April 2023 by Koulmaga Dao

What do you do with Target Malaria and what do you enjoy about your work?  I am a Molecular Biology technician for Target Malaria Burkina Faso. I oversee the molecular…

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Target Malaria completes a new insectary in Ghana

Posted 24th February 2023 by Dr. Fred Aboagye-Antwi

Target Malaria, in collaboration with the University of Ghana, Oxford University and Keele University, has completed a new insectary and laboratory space in Ghana.  The new facility is situated on the premises of…

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science  

Posted 10th February 2023 by Odette Zongo

February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. There are many reasons to celebrate this day. Women scientists deserve to be recognised for their work and…

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Introducing the Mali team’s new strategy 

Posted 31st January 2023 by Dr. Mamadou Coulibaly

Following ten years of work with Target Malaria, the team at the Malaria Research and Training Centre (MRTC) has decided to change its strategic direction, with the new aim of…

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“Swarm” – a sonification of the 2016 cage trials by Imperial College London

Posted 18th January 2023 by Jamie Perera

I’m a composer and a sound artist that creates works using sonification, that is, a practice that represents objects with sound. I find that each piece is an active exploration…

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COP15 delegates adopt the new Global Biodiversity Framework

Posted 6th January 2023 by Dr. Samantha O'Loughlin

On December 19th, the most important gathering on biodiversity concluded after two weeks of negotiations. It was regarded as the “last chance” to recover nature and the conference saw a…

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World Malaria Report 2022: New tools are needed to meet global malaria targets

Posted 8th December 2022 by Professor Azra Ghani

Today the World Health Organization published its annual World Malaria Report, finding that the African region continued to shoulder the heaviest burden of malaria, with 234 million cases and 593,000…

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Meet Target Malaria’s Young Scientists

Posted 24th November 2022 by Jacqueline Aidoo

What do you do with Target Malaria, and what do you enjoy about your work? I am currently a PhD candidate with Target Malaria Ghana at the University of Ghana,…

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My nomination as Officer of Academic Palms by the Ministry of Research

Posted 9th November 2022 by Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté

I was delighted to have been decorated by the Ministry of Research in Burkina Faso as an Officer of Academic Palms, in celebration of National Teachers’ Day on October 20th…

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High hopes for malaria prevention: recent results from the R21 vaccine trials

Posted 4th November 2022 by Dr. Alexandre Quach

In September, our hopes were lifted by the results of a phase 2b randomised controlled trial on the R21/Matrix-M antimalaria vaccine. The vaccine showed high efficacy, a good safety profile…

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