Burkina Faso

How Earth Observation Data is used by Target Malaria

Posted 16th November 2022 by Dr. Abdoul-Azize Millogo

Group Earth Observation (GEO) is an intergovernmental partnership that improves the availability, access, and use of earth observations data for a sustainable planet. The organization annually hosts a “GEO Week”;…

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My nomination as Officer of Academic Palms by the Ministry of Research

Posted 9th November 2022 by Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté

I was delighted to have been decorated by the Ministry of Research in Burkina Faso as an Officer of Academic Palms, in celebration of National Teachers’ Day on October 20th…

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What are the geographical factors that affect malaria transmission?

Posted 7th September 2022 by Dr. Abdoul Azize Millogo

I am pleased to share a new paper I co-authored that was just published in GeoJournal that explores the relationship between malaria prevalence and geographical variables in the Houet province…

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A multi-disciplinary approach for building a common understanding of genetic engineering for malaria control in Burkina Faso

Posted 15th July 2022 by Dr. Lea Pare Toe

At Target Malaria we often talk about ‘co-development’, but sometimes it can be difficult to explain what this means in practice. We recently published a new paper in Nature which…

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Expanding our insectary in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Posted 1st June 2022 by Dr. Moussa Namountougou

Target Malaria’s insectary in Burkina Faso is buzzing with new life as renovation works have come to a successful end. The Arthropod Containment Level 2 (ACL-2) insectary, located in Bobo-Dioulasso,…

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Importation of the non gene drive genetically modified male bias mosquito strain into Burkina Faso

Posted 11th May 2022 by Professor Abdoulaye Diabaté

On March 16 and 21, the team at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Target Malaria’s partner institution in Burkina Faso, received packages containing live genetically…

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Preparing Africa’s first facility for the study of transgenic mosquitoes

Posted 5th May 2022 by Dr. Charles Guissou

In 2016, The National Biosafety Agency of Burkina Faso (Agence Nationale de Biosécurité), the national competent authority, granted our team at the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé…

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Breaking the Bias at Target Malaria this International Women’s Day

Posted 8th March 2022 by Diane Kama

This International Women’s Day, I would like to take the opportunity to recognise the women across Target Malaria – from the lab technicians and molecular biologists, to the stakeholder engagement…

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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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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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