Target Malaria

Target Malaria is a not-for-profit research consortium that aims to co-develop and share sustainable🧬genetic technologies to #endmalaria 🦟 #genedrive

[United to Beat Malaria @beatmalaria]

In 2019, Ghana was one of the first countries to roll out the first malaria vaccine. Since then, Ghana has drastically cut malaria deaths and is on the path to eliminating malaria.

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

What does a typical day at the lab look like for Paul Mawejje, an insectary technician with the #TargetMalariaUganda team based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute? He tells us more in our new series Voices from the Lab!🔬

Voices from the Lab is our new video series highlighting our scientists and researchers and the work they do to help us fight against #malaria.
View the playlist here: https://t.co/69tR4Rs7gN

Together we can #EndMalaria! @UVRIug

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Have you watched the #GeneDrive Video series on YouTube? The series aims to promote the importance of innovation in vector control in the fight against #malaria.

Learn more about gene drive and the work happening at Target Malaria: https://t.co/cw3DwQZWB9 #EndMalaria #MalariaResearch

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

What did Julius Caesar Dushime study at University before joining the #TargetMalariaUganda Stakeholder Engagement team based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute? He tells us more in our new series Voices from the Team!🤝

Voices from the Team is our new video series highlighting our scientists and researchers and the work they do to help us fight against #malaria.
View the playlist here: https://t.co/69tR4RsF6l

Together we can #EndMalaria! @UVRIug

[The Global Fund @GlobalFund]

Amid overlapping global crises, the @GlobalFund partnership adapted swiftly to sustain lifesaving malaria prevention efforts.

In 2025, our partnership distributed 196 million mosquito nets, and 52.1 million children received preventive medicine – helping protect communities from malaria. #WHS2026

Read the new Results Report: https://t.co/4iBamhbB3o

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

We have been named as a finalist in The Lovie Awards!

Our nomination is for our Gene drive video series - Explaining the science of developing genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria in the category Science & Education in Video & Film 🎉 Thank you to everyone involved in bringing this series to life!

🤝 We are also in the running to win a People’s Lovie Award! Vote for us before Thursday 15 October: https://t.co/N3CcF0LD7O

Together we can #EndMalaria!

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

What does a typical day at the lab look like for Peter Nkurunziza of #TargetMalariaUganda based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute? He tells us more in our new series Voices from the Lab!🔬

Voices from the Lab is our new video series highlighting our scientists and researchers and the work they do to help us fight against #malaria.

View the playlist here: https://t.co/69tR4RsF6l...

Together we can #EndMalaria! @UVRIug

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

#TargetMalariaUganda participated in the Entebbe Business Dialogue and Trade Expo 2026 at the invitation of Entebbe Municipality.

The team hosted a stall where visitors explored mosquito specimens, educational materials, and information about #malaria research. The displays sparked strong interest and encouraged dialogue about malaria and the project’s work. Read more: https://t.co/A8U8qowqcP

#EndMalaria @UVRIug

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

What motivated James Obua Okwir to join a project like Target Malaria? He tells us what motivated him and what he enjoys the most about working in the Stakeholder Engagement team for #TargetMalariaUganda, based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in our new series Voices from the Lab!🔬

Voices from the Lab is our new video series highlighting our scientists and researchers and the work they do to help us fight against #malaria.
View the playlist here: https://t.co/4YLqmIrf38 Together we can #EndMalaria!
@UVRIug

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Big news! Target Malaria has been named as a finalist in The Lovie Awards @lovieawards!

Our nomination is for our Gene drive video series - Explaining the science of developing genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria in the category Science & Education in Video & Film 🎉

Now we need your help🤝 We are in the running to win a People’s Lovie Award!
VOTE for us before 15 October: https://t.co/N3CcF0LD7O

The series was created with the support of the Emerging ag inc. team and Tamsin Hibbert, filmed with Dave Guttridge and edited by Yann Pablo Corminboeuf, with voiceovers from Divine Dzokoto and Naima Sykes, and features of Louise Marston, Dr Alekos Simoni and Dr Federica Bernardini from @imperialcollege, and Dr Jarek Krzywinski, Dr Roxana Minuz of @PoloGGB. Thank you to the whole Communications team and everyone involved for your support in delivering this series, launching and promoting it throughout this year which has landed us here🥳

Link to the series: https://t.co/A4W3YUaR1Q

@UVRIug #EndMalaria #ZeroMalaria #ZeroMalariaStartsWithMe #MalariaResearch #GeneDrive

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Enock Mayengo joins the #TargetMalariaUganda team based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute as a Quality Assurance Assistant!

Welcome to the team Enock! Read more about his journey and work: https://t.co/JxHyWPVY5d

Together we can #EndMalaria! @UVRIug

[Malaria No More @MalariaNoMore]

Meet four of the 12 journalists & storytellers joining The Story Studio: Malaria!

Our fellows from Kenya 🇰🇪, Tanzania 🇹🇿 & Uganda 🇺🇬 will tell malaria stories that center the people behind the data.

Get to know the first four — and stay tuned for more!

[UVRI @UVRIug]

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our former Acting Director, Head of Entomology, Assistant Director of Research, and longest-serving staff member, Dr. Louis Mukwaya. His immense contribution to science, research and UVRI’s legacy will forever be remembered.

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

What does a typical day at the lab look like? Belcher Kelly Muliika tells us what his day typically looks like working with the #TargetMalariaUganda team at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in our new series Voices from the Lab! 🔬

Voices from the Lab is our new video series highlighting our scientists and researchers and the work they do to help us fight against #malaria
View the playlist here: https://t.co/4YLqmIrf38

Together we can #EndMalaria! @UVRIug

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Our team based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute joined researchers, policymakers and practitioners at the PAMCA Kenya Chapter Annual Meeting 2026 in Nairobi under the theme "Reconnect and Reimagine Mosquito Control in Africa."

Read more by @MrTenderi of #TargetMalariaUganda: https://t.co/gOdSKvmToy

#PAMCA2026 #EndMalaria #VectorControl #MosquitoControl @UVRIug

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Where does Ashley Birungi see her research going in the next five years?

During the 'Ask Me Anything: World Mosquito Day' edition of the Young Scientists Webinar, Regina Chosen interviewed Ashley Birungi of Uganda Virus Research Institute @UVRIug to find out more about her work, her journey and where she sees herself in the next five years!

Watch the full webinar here: https://t.co/i7Awz88egS

Together we can #EndMalaria!

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

We are excited to welcome Moses Okello to the #TargetMalariaUganda Stakeholder Engagement team based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (@UVRIug).

Welcome Moses! Read more: https://t.co/zlJESyLwPS
Together we can #EndMalaria!

[The Global Fund @GlobalFund]

Malaria risks resurging as drug and insecticide resistance, extreme weather events, conflict and funding shortfalls threaten hard-won progress.

Yet countries continue to adapt. In 2025, 167 million malaria cases were treated in countries where the @GlobalFund invests – reflecting the power of country leadership.

Read more: https://t.co/4iBamhbB3o

[Target Malaria @TargetMalaria]

Voices from the Lab is our new video series highlighting our scientists and researchers and the work they do to help us fight against #malaria 🦟

Lamin Jadama is a research technician at @imperialcollege. Watch the video to find out more about his journey into #MalariaResearch and what his role entails.
#GeneDrive #MalariaResearch @ImperialSci