Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau
The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
BBC News reported that the trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
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- United States · Americas
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- US-funded, Guinea-Bissau
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- Health
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