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UN Preparing Sites for HIV Vaccine Trials

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 23rd, 1996

Advanced clinical trials of HIV vaccines should be conducted in developing nations, the United Nations argues.

And through its UNAIDS organization, the U.N. is preparing to begin such trials in Brazil, Thailand, and Uganda.

"It is impractical, if not unethical, to leave developing countries out of the HIV vaccine development process," said UNAIDS executive Saladin Osmanov.

Osmanov spoke during a presentation to the XI International Conference on AIDS, held July 7-12, 1996, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The UNAIDS representative noted that the 6 million people who have died of AIDS represent only a...

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