Infographics

How can gene drive prevent malaria? (graphic)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2024.
Simple description of different gene drive strategies for preventing malaria transmission

Risk assessment paradigms (graphic)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2024.
Different types of risk and impact assessments relevant to gene drive applications

Risk analysis components (graphic)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2024.
Description of the risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication processes applicable to gene drive technologies

Oversight of gene drive technologies (graphic)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2024.
Common levels of oversight applicable to research and development of gene drive technologies

5 Questions: Gene Drive for Public Health

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2024.
Answers to common questions about the development of gene drive-modified mosquitoes to control vector-borne diseases.

Stakeholder engagement in decision-making on gene drives for malaria control (video 1.57 min)

Ifakara Health Institute,  2023.
Considerations for public input into the decision-making process for use of gene drive-modified  mosquitoes.

Gene drive technologies for malaria control and elimination (video 2.03 min)

Ikafara Health Institute,  2023.
Brief explanation of how gene drives work and how they can be used in malaria control in Africa

Trends in malaria burden in Africa (video 2.17 min)

Ifakara Health Institute,  2023.
Explanation of why new tools are needed to control malaria in Africa

Genetic control of insect pests in Africa (interactive graphic)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2022.
Overview of genetics-based insect control being developed, tested and applied to important pests threatening the economic and medical wellbeing of Africans

How do you make a gene drive mosquito? (video 4.06 min)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2022.
A demonstration of how gene drive-modified mosquitoes are made in the laboratory

The concept of gene drive (video 6.14 min)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2022.
Basic review of genetics and how gene drive can influence the inheritance of genes.

Gene drive basics: a short explanation (video 12.37 min)

GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2022.
A short explanation of the characteristics of different types of gene drives

WHO Guidance Framework for Testing Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: A video tour

2021.
A quick look at the content of this important guidance document from the World Health Organization

Genetic Biocontrol – An Overview (video 13.13 min)

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GeneConvene Global Collaborative,  2020.
This video explains what genetic biocontrol is and surveys various technologies that can be consider genetic biocontrol technologies.  It offers a conceptual organization of the various technologies based on the potential of genetic biocontrol organisms to persist and spread in ...