“Zimbabwe: AIDS Vaccine Network Launches Clinical Trials”

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The first simultaneous testing of an AIDS vaccine in the United States and Africa will involve Epimmune's EP HIV-1090 product. Botswana Minister of Health Joy Phumaphi lauds the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) for bringing the research to her country. HVTN researcher Dr. Larry Corey said that African participation is important because the continent is most affected by AIDS. Public affairs and strategic communications officer Claire Barnard notes that the vaccine has shown that it may induce an initial immune response in laboratory studies.

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