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My appointment as a Fellow to the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)

Posted 22nd February 2022 by Dr. Abdoulaye Diabaté

I am delighted to announce that I have been elected as a Fellow by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) in recognition of my work and achievements. Founded in 1985,…

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Prix d’excellence de la Pan-African Mosquito Control Association pour les femmes dans le domaine du contrôle vectoriel

Posted 11th February 2022

En cette Journée internationale des femmes et des filles de science, je suis ravie de vous annoncer que la Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) m’a décerné le prix d’excellence Women…

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The Pan-African Mosquito Association’s Women in Vector Control Excellence Awards

Posted 11th February 2022 by Dr. Lea Pare Toe

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I am delighted to share that the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) has awarded me with a prize for the…

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Entomological results from the first release of non gene drive genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes in Africa

Posted 10th February 2022 by Dr. Franck. A. Yao

On July 1, 2019 we reported that our team at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso conducted the first ever release of…

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Ethical principles guiding Target Malaria’s engagement strategy

Posted 8th February 2022 by Aaron J. Roberts

I am delighted that our paper on articulating the ethical principles guiding Target Malaria’s engagement strategy has been published in Malaria Journal. Since gene drive is a novel technology, there…

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Expedition to collect mosquitoes in Uganda

Posted 13th January 2022 by Dr. Martin Lukindu

Malaria represents a heavy economic and health burden for communities across Uganda, with 90% of its population at risk, and an average of $500 million annual economic loss due to…

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Reflections on 2021

Posted 11th January 2022 by Professor Austin Burt

As 2022 begins I would like to take a moment to reflect on the milestones of the past year. Another year of the pandemic meant another year of adaptations and…

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Arthropod Containment Guidelines updated with addendum on gene drive

Posted 2nd December 2021 by Dr. Mark Benedict

The Arthropod Containment Guidelines, a guidance document outlining best practices for research laboratories to safely handle arthropod vectors of disease – such as the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae – was…

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Understanding the malaria vector: our entomological work in Burkina Faso

Posted 24th November 2021 by Dr. Franck Yao

Malaria-transmitting mosquitoes are amongst the deadliest animals in the world, responsible for more than 400,000 deaths from the disease in 2019 alone. At Target Malaria Burkina Faso – where I…

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Two years of laboratory studies on the non gene drive genetically modified sterile male mosquitoes concluded successfully in Mali

Posted 9th November 2021 by Dr. Mamadou Coulibaly

The Target Malaria Mali team at the Malaria Research and Training Centre (MRTC) based at the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB) is proud to have been…

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