Zambia: Controversy over bothched HIV trial

  1. Posted on Monday 8 February 2010 - 10:47
    Bertil
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    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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  1. Posted on Friday 05 March 2010 07:32
    gigi
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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.
  2. Posted on Tuesday 27 December 2011 08:25
    kith
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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.