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Ethics of Botswana AIDS vaccine trials not assured, group says.
2003 SEP 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Botswana human rights organization has criticized the government for not passing legislation protecting people participating in HIV/AIDS vaccine trials.
Alice Mogwe, director of the Botswana Center for Human Rights, said there was little legal protection for trial participants and that the board set up to ensure safe, humane trials had no legal standing.
Experimental vaccine trials by the Botswana Harvard AIDS Partnership for HIV Research and Education began earlier this year after successful tests on animals.
The study is scheduled to last 18 months and will involve 42 HIV-negative volunteers from Botswana and the United States.
Mogwe's group belongs to the Community Advisory Board, established by the partnership to ensure that trials respect the human rights, dignity and safety of trial participants.
The advisory board cannot sue or be sued if anything adverse happens to trial participants, she said.
Mogwe said the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Ethics of Botswana AIDS vaccine trials not assured, group says.