HIV Vaccines

MVA Clinical Trial in Africa Delayed

Published in AIDS Weekly, January 8th, 2001

Trials of the first AIDS vaccine specifically designed for Africa were delayed on December 20, 2000, as researchers awaited government approval.

Trials of the vaccine, developed jointly by British and Kenyan scientists, will not begin until January or February 2001, health minister Sam Ongeri said.

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), which has sponsored the research, had planned to announce the start of trials on December 20.

Scientists from Britain's Medical Research Council, Oxford University, and the University of Nairobi have been collaborating for more than four years on two vaccines they hope will immunize...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-01-08)

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