Burkina Faso Grounds Gates-Backed Mosquito Project Amid Sovereignty, Ethics Row – The North Africa Post

African state suspends health project funded by Bill Gates - The Press United

Burkina Faso says it has ordered the Target Malaria research team to halt activities and destroy all genetically modified mosquitoes Burkina Faso has suspended a project funded by the Gates Foundation aimed at curbing the spread of malaria in Africa, amid concern that it could be misused to advance population control on the continent. The […] The post African state suspends health project funded by Bill Gates appeared first on The Press United |…

Bill Gates’ anti-malaria program halted in Burkina Faso

Target Malaria, an anti-malaria program funded by the Gates Foundation, a private foundation co-founded by American billionaire Bill Gates, has been abruptly shut down in Burkina Faso after the country’s military rulers ordered it to suspend all operations. The move makes the project the latest international initiative to face pressure from authorities in Ouagadougou.The government issued a communiqué confirming that Target Malaria must halt “al…

Burkina Faso grounds Gates-backed mosquito project amid sovereignty, ethics row – The North Africa Post

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has suspended the controversial Target Malaria initiative, a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation–funded project aimed at combating malaria through the release of genetically modified mosquitoes. Announced Friday (22 August) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the decision halts all activities and orders the destruction of remaining mosquito samples. Project […]

Why Burkina Faso has shut down Bill Gates-backed anti-malaria project

Why Burkina Faso has shut down Bill Gates-backed anti-malaria project