The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) is a leading health research institution in Uganda, based in Entebbe. UVRI has a broad mission to carry out scientific investigations on communicable diseases of public health importance and to advise government on strategies for their control and prevention. UVRI is a collaborating partner in the Target Malaria consortium.

Target Malaria is a not-for-profit research consortium that wants to contribute to saving millions of lives from malaria. It includes African, European and North American scientists with a focus on the most malariaaffected countries - currently working in Burkina Faso, Mali and Uganda.

The consortium brings together researchers with a remit of diverse expertise - molecular biologists, medical entomologists, population geneticists, protein engineers, social sciences researchers as well as risk, regulatory and stakeholder engagement experts. 

Our teams are researching on novel approaches that can reduce the numbers of mosquitoes that spread malaria, which would help complement existing control methods. Our research is at an early stage, and while results so far have been promising, there is still a long way to go.

By reducing the population of the malaria mosquito, we aim to combat transmission of the disease. The envisaged control method would be a long-term, sustainable, and cost effective solution to prevent malaria.

This project started a decade ago with a funding from the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative and is now funded through a program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information, please visit: www.targetmalaria.org 

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