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Africa Day 2022: The African scientists leading our research at Target Malaria

Posted 25th May 2022 by Naima Sykes

This Africa Day, we asked the Principal Investigators from our African partner institutions to reflect on the role of African science leading malaria innovations and research. 95% of malaria cases…

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Harnessing Innovation at Target Malaria this World Malaria Day

Posted 25th April 2022 by Naana Afua Acquaah

Malaria is one of the world’s oldest diseases, yet still today takes the life of a child every minute. This World Malaria Day, we are calling on global leaders to…

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Fight for What Counts: The Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment

Posted 12th April 2022 by Angella Nakamaanya

In 2002, in an act of extraordinary global solidarity and leadership, the world created the Global Fund to fight the world’s deadliest pandemics: HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. When…

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Target Malaria’s participation in meetings around the Convention on Biological Diversity in Geneva

Posted 6th April 2022 by Dr. Sam O’Loughlin

In March, Target Malaria team members from across Africa and Europe participated as observers in a series of meetings as part of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): the Subsidiary…

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Breaking the Bias at Target Malaria this International Women’s Day

Posted 8th March 2022 by Diane Kama

This International Women’s Day, I would like to take the opportunity to recognise the women across Target Malaria – from the lab technicians and molecular biologists, to the stakeholder engagement…

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New office building for the Target Malaria Mali team

Posted 25th January 2022 by Dr. Mamadou Coulibaly

New year, new office announcement! We are delighted that the construction of the office for the Target Malaria Mali team is now finalised. Based at the heart of the Malaria…

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World Malaria Report 2021: The WHO African Region amongst the hardest hit by malaria

Posted 15th December 2021 by Hatouma Samoura

A child now dies of malaria every minute, and in almost all cases this child is in Africa. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s most recent World Malaria Report,…

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World Malaria Report 2021 – A more accurate picture of the malaria burden in Africa

Posted 6th December 2021 by Professor Tom Churcher

Today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) published its annual World Malaria Report. The report shines a new light on the burden of malaria, using updated methodology to calculate the number…

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New Communications Officer

Posted 19th November 2021 by Stephanie Wilkes Moumtzis

I am delighted to be joining Target Malaria as a Communications Officer in the Global Communications Team, based at Imperial College London.  Through my role, I will be supporting the…

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New Technical Assistant in Ghana

Posted 15th November 2021 by Joseph Kofi Abankwa

I joined the Target Malaria team in Ghana in September 2021 as a Technical Assistant. It gives me a lot of pleasure to be part of this large family striding…

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