Table 5 Awareness of regulations governing GDMMs among survey respondents
Category | Responses | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Regulations related to gene drives research for malaria control (n = 74)a | Regulations on ethical conduct | 70 (94.6%) |
Regulations on safety | 64 (86.5%) | |
Regulations on confinement and field trial | 58 (78.4%) | |
Regulations on ecosystems safety | 58 (78.4%) | |
Regulations on cross-border/movement | 54 (73.0%) | |
Regulations related to implementing gene drives for malaria control (n = 57)a | Regulations on ethical conduct | 50 (87.7%) |
Regulations on cross-border/movement | 46 (80.7%) | |
Regulations on ecosystems safety | 41 (71.9%) | |
Safety | 44 (77.2%) | |
Regulations on confinement and field trial | 40 (70.2%) |