We Train, Publish, Collaborate & Educate
Our Vision
A malaria-free Africa, where media plays a vital role in increasing awareness, facilitating research collaboration, and enabling effective communication and advocacy to accelerate malaria elimination efforts
We Train
We train African journalists to report effectively on malaria and other diseases and to interpret scientific data. We build capacity of scientists and researchers to work effectively with the media.
PUBLISH
AMMREN publishes the eyes on malaria magazine. The flagship magazine breaks down scientific data and research findings into simple language. AMMREN has produced documentaries on malaria.
Collaborate
AMMREN partners with organizations working on malaria globally, research and academic institutions, National Malaria Control Programmes and civil society organizations to push the malaria elimination agenda.
EDUCATE
AMMREN organizes outreach programmes to educate communities and vulnerable groups on malaria prevention and control methods and other diseases and what they can do to reduce the burden of diseases
About Us
The African Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN) is a registered non-governmental organization made up of a network of African journalists and scientists working together towards the control and elimination of malaria. Established in 2006, AMMREN is based in Accra, Ghana. AMMREN has chapters in other countries and has over the past 17 years been actively involved in media advocacy for the elimination of malaria and other diseases on the African continent.
Transformative Technologies in Vaccine Manufacturing
Vaccines are the most cost-effective strategy to prevent and suppress global infections, such as viral pathogens.Conventional vaccines are classified under three categories: live, attenuated or non-live. Conventional vaccines have shown utility in irradicating smallpox and slowing the spread of other diseases, such as polio, measles, mumps and rubella over past decades.1 However, […]
Nigeria in $124m scramble for malaria vaccine
Nigeria is scrambling for $1.24 billion, about 0.4 percent of its 2024 budget, to procure the R21 malaria vaccine, the full cost to cover an estimated 31 million children aged five and below, BusinessDay analysis shows. The vaccine jointly developed by the Oxford University and Serum Institute of India (SII) covers […]
Cut-price malaria vaccine to begin Africa rollout from May
The world’s biggest vaccine maker will start rolling out a cheap new malaria inoculation in Africa from May, bolstering the fight against one of the most deadly infectious diseases globally. The mosquito-borne malady kills more than 600,000 people a year, 95 percent of them in Africa, according to the World […]
African health ministers commit to end malaria deaths
Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria committed today to accelerated action to end deaths from the disease. They pledged to sustainably and equitably address the threat of malaria in the African region, which accounts for 95% of malaria deaths globally. The Ministers, gathering in […]
What’s Next for the World’s First HIV Vaccine?
When the world needed a COVID vaccine, leading HIV investigators answered the call to intervene in the coronavirus pandemic. Now, efforts to discover the world’s first HIV vaccine are revitalized. “The body is capable of making antibodies to protect us from HIV,” says Yunda Huang, PhD, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center […]
Kenya, Ghana among 12 African countries to receive first-ever malaria vaccine
18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine are set to be distributed in 12 African countries. Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, WHO, and UNICEF in a press release dated July 5, said Kenya is among the countries […]
The past, present and future of vaccines
This year marks an important milestone in the global public health landscape. Exactly 50 years ago, in 1974, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This ushered in the era of mass vaccinations against infectious diseases such as measles, whooping cough and recently the COVID-19. A lot […]
Blocking fertilisation of parasite-causing malaria opens new doors in eradication efforts
More than 400 people develop malaria every minute, and it can be fatal if not diagnosed and treated at the first sign of symptoms. Eliminating the disease will need interventions that stop the transmission of the parasite from mosquitos to humans. Burnet Senior Research Officer Dr Fiona Angrisano said one way to […]
A Community’s Fight Against Malaria Amidst the Quest for Peace
In the heart of Uganda’s Otuke district, a community’s desperate struggle against malaria intertwines with the larger narrative of a region yearning for peace and development. With over 9,000 malaria cases overwhelming local health facilities, Otuke’s residents and leaders are calling on the government for urgent healthcare upgrades. Amid these […]
New malaria jab also reduces other fatalities
February 01, 2024 The roll-out of malaria vaccines in Africa – the world’s first routine immunisation programme against the disease – has a surprising added benefit, reducing all kinds of deaths among children, not just malaria fatalities, by 13%, say experts. The RTS,S vaccine is “not only a huge step forward for […]