Africa must make sure it's part of the search for a coronavirus vaccine: Modern day research and clinical trials are highly regulated. Getty ImagesThe search for a COVID-19 vaccine has sparked international media controversy and negative sentiment around the potential harm of people taking part in clinical trials once the research enters its human testing phase. A wave of … [Read more...] about Africa must make sure it’s part of the search for a coronavirus vaccine | The Conversation
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The search for an effective HIV vaccine continues | The Conversation
The search for an effective HIV vaccine continues: New HIV infections remain high. ShutterstockAn HIV vaccine trial that started in 2016 in South Africa was halted in February 2020. The study sponsors made the call after interim results showed that the vaccine, known as HVTN 702, did not prevent HIV. This result was disappointing, but the search for an effective HIV vaccine … [Read more...] about The search for an effective HIV vaccine continues | The Conversation
The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola | The Conversation
The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola: A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. EPA-EFE/STRIn August 2015 Dr Sakoba Keita, who led the Ebola response in Guinea during the largest Ebola outbreak the world has ever seen, declared: the Ebola vaccine is a gift from Guinea to West … [Read more...] about The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola | The Conversation
Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak | The Conversation
Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak: A health worker prepares to administer the experimental Ebola vaccine in north-western DRC. EPA-EFE/STRVaccines are recognised as one of the most powerful tools in controlling and preventing infectious diseases. This despite strong anti-vaccination movements around the globe. It was with vaccine in hand … [Read more...] about Ebola vaccine is key in ongoing efforts to contain the DRC outbreak | The Conversation
Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes | The Conversation
Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes: Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. ShutterstockThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised that an experimental vaccine is playing a major role in controlling the spread of Ebola in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of … [Read more...] about Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes | The Conversation
