CIDRAP news story
Officials in Guinea-Bissau have stopped a controversial, US government-funded clinical trial examining the side effects of the hepatitis B vaccine, according to media reports.
Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira told Reuters last week that the trial, which received $1.6 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in December, was halted in response to criticism from researchers and members of the US Congress.
“It’s not going to happen, period,” Vieira said.
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Source : CIDRAP
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