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.
Scientists Make Significant Advances in Stopping Malaria Transmission
Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in many developing regions worldwide. This disease, transmitted by female mosquitoes, is caused by the Plasmodium parasite, which invades the liver and red blood cells. In 2022 alone, malaria was responsible for approximately 608,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Recent […]
Malaria Outbreak in Southern Algeria, a Growing Health Crisis Alongside Diphtheria
Since late September 2024, southern Algeria has been grappling with a severe malaria outbreak, particularly impacting the wilayas of In Guezzam and Bordj Badji Mokhtar, which were previously part of Tamanrasset Province. Following heavy rains in September, stagnant water has created perfect breeding conditions for mosquitoes, resulting in a dramatic […]
Côte d’Ivoire receives first life-saving malaria vaccines
Cote D’ivoire received its first malaria vaccines this week, the government announced on Saturday that Malaria kills four people every day in the country, the most of them are tiny children. The government reported that 656,600 pills have been received, which will “initially vaccinate 250,000 children aged between 0 and 23 […]
Lagos,Nigeria: Dirty drainages drive malaria, diarrhoea infections in communities
De-silting of drainages in preparation for the rainy season, over the years has, to a great extent, helped rid Lagos of mosquitoes, thereby, reducing the burden of malaria and diarrhoeal infection on an already frail healthcare system. CHIJIOKE IREMEKA writes that dirty drainage channels remain a significant factor amplifying the risk […]
AI revolutionizes malaria diagnosis with 97.57% accuracy using EfficientNet
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team of researchers proposed using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that uses deep learning to examine red blood cell images in blood smears for the timely detection of malaria. Background The World Health Organization report from 2015 shows that in subtropical and […]
A Monoclonal Antibody Could Help Fight Malaria
Malaria is the world’s leading parasite-related endemic disease. The African region alone accounts for 94% of cases. Infections caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the deadly species, are the most common and severe. Furthermore, 80% of deaths occur in children younger than 5 years. Between 2000 and 2015, the incidence and mortality rates associated […]
Medications for TB and Malaria to be cleared from port next week
The Ministry of Health has assured yet again that it will clear the TB and Malaria medications stuck at the port within the next week. 118 containers of essential malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV medications, which arrived in October last year, have been delayed due to outstanding demurrage and third-party charges […]
Lessons from COVID-19 has reactivated efforts to innovate to eradicate malaria
One hundred health experts from 36 countries from Africa, Europe and the Americas are attended a week-long leadership development course on the “Science of defeating malaria” at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) at Sokode-Lokoe, near Ho, in the Volta Region. The event, which began last Monday, is […]
U.S. Supports Insecticide Spraying Campaign to Protect Over One Million Ghanaians from Malaria
The United States Government, through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), is providing $6 million (87 million Ghana Cedis) for spraying households against malaria-carrying mosquitoes in northern Ghana, known as indoor residual spraying (IRS). This year’s spraying campaign covered over 440,000 households across 10 districts in the Northern and North […]
645,000 doses of R21 malaria vaccine receives by South Sudan
The Ministry of Health of South Sudan received over 645,000 doses of the R21 malaria vaccine in Juba, which will be distributed to 28 counties with the highest malaria burden. “Malaria is the biggest killer of children in South Sudan,” says a release from Unicef. “The country grapples with one […]