Zambia: Controversy over bothched HIV trial


  1. Videoreport by Owen Miyanza, Africanews reporter in Lusaka, Zambia
    Controversy continues to brew in Zambia following a failed HIV/AIDS trial that resulted in 46 women contracting the virus. About 1, 340 were engaged in the HIV Microbicide Gel Clinical Trial late 2009. Residents of the small town Mazabuka, where the trial was conducted, are worried.
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    In this video Africanews.com reporter Owen Miyanza finds out more. He speaks with angry residents, the spokesperson of the clinical trial and with the involved women.
     



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    Gwendolyn Carter
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    Lid sinds March 2010


    What company did the trial? If it was an american company I will help these people file the claim in the United States District Courts. They can not use our people like lab animals.


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    Lid sinds December 2011


    Very sad.No development in Africa.All the metformin dosage nations are developing with the passage of time.Africa is still the same as it was earlier.Why developed countries not taking steps to improve the life's in Africa.



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