Regulation of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes as a public health tool: a public health ethics analysis
Regulation of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes as a public health tool: a public health ethics analysis
Tags: Dengue, Ethics, Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Governance, Malaria, Policy, RegulationZ. Meghani, Globalization and Health, 18:21. 2022.
In recent years, genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes have been proposed as a public health measure against the high incidence of mosquito-borne diseases among the poor in regions of the global South. While uncertainties as well as risks for humans and ecosystems are entailed by the open-release of GE mosquitoes, a powerful global health governance non-state organization is funding the development of and advocating the use of those bio-technologies as public health tools.
