US-funded infant vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is cancelled
A US-funded vaccine trial on babies in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled after critics said half the infants would go without the vaccine.
A US-funded vaccine trial on babies in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled, according to BBC News and Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera reports that Guinea-Bissau halted the trial.
The BBC reports the trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial". The objection was that half of the babies would not receive the vaccine.
Al Jazeera describes it as a hepatitis vaccine trial. It reports that experts said the study would deny critical vaccines to thousands of infants.
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- BBC NewsWhy a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-BissauWed, Nov 4, 7:30 PM EST
- Al JazeeraWhy Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babiesThu, Nov 5, 10:01 AM EST
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