Magda Robalo

“[The researchers] took advantage of the fact that Guinea-Bissau does not have a very strong research capacity … a very strong critical mass of public health professionals, very well vested in understanding what the politics that surround global health are,”

Magda Robalo · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Robalo told Al Jazeera that the researchers exploited Guinea-Bissau's limited research capacity and lack of public health professionals versed in global health politics.

“It is unethical to deny children an intervention that we know works, that will contribute to improving their lives and save them from a disease that we know they will likely acquire,”

Magda Robalo · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-05

Robalo added that it is unethical to deny children a proven vaccine intervention that could save them from a disease they are likely to acquire.