The Case for Why Africa Should Host COVID-19 Candidate Vaccine Trials.

Singh, Jerome Amir · J Infect Dis · 2020

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Abstract

In response to provocative comments by 2 European clinicians and scientists, the World Health Organization Director General has declared that Africa will not host COVID-19 vaccine trials. Such a stance risks stigmatizing COVID-19 vaccine trials in Africa and depriving Africa of critical research. To the contrary, there is a critical need for Africa to host COVID-19 vaccine trials on public health, scientific, and ethics grounds.

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