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Hepatitis B Vaccine

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Guinea-Bissau says hepatitis B vaccine trial suspended amid ethical dispute — I.guim.co.uk

Guinea-Bissau says hepatitis B vaccine trial suspended amid ethical dispute

Guinea-Bissau’s newly appointed health minister, Quinhin Nantote, told journalists that a US-funded, Danish-led study of hepatitis B vaccination in the west African country has been "cancelled or suspended", while US health officials have said the trial will proceed as planned. Nantote said the halt was because the

Guinea-Bissau suspends U.S.-funded infant hepatitis B vaccine study after ethics outcry — Static01.nyt.com

Guinea-Bissau suspends U.S.-funded infant hepatitis B vaccine study after ethics outcry

Guinea-Bissau has suspended a U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine in infants after public health researchers raised ethical objections, the country’s health minister said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had approved a $1.6 million grant for the study last month, days after Health

Africa CDC says US-funded hepatitis B newborn trial in Guinea-Bissau cancelled — I.guim.co.uk

Africa CDC says US-funded hepatitis B newborn trial in Guinea-Bissau cancelled

The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention senior official Yap Boum said. "The study has been cancelled," Boum told journalists at a press conference on Thursday morning. The $1.6m study, funded under