Ethics-tested, cancelled: Guinea-Bissau scraps plan for vaccine trial on newborns
A US-funded trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on 14,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau was cancelled after accusations of 'neocolonialism'. Police seized a batch of vaccines, and the WHO is pushing for the birth dose to be moved from 2028 to the first quarter of next year. A US-funded trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on 14,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau was cancelled after accusations of 'neocolonialism'. Police seized a batch of vaccines, and the WHO is seeking to move the birth dose forward from 2028 to the first quarter of next year.
Otabek Yusupov