“Ethiopia: AIDS Vaccine Program Workshop Draws to a Close”

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Officials from the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and a number of African nations ended the second African AIDS Vaccine Program (AAVP) workshop on June 18, having spent the time considering ways to increase the number of HIV vaccine trials that occur in Africa. Participants in the workshop expressed concern that a vaccine to combat the HIV strains prevalent in Africa is unlikely to be developed because of a lack of scientific information about the strains and their attributes. As a result, the AAVP is working to encourage as wide a range of HIV vaccine trials in Africa as possible.

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