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

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Author(s): Singh, Jerome Amir ()
Source:
Journal of Infectious Diseases. Aug2020, Vol. 222 Issue 3, p351-355. 5p.

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- Subject Terms:
  VACCINE trials; COVID-19; WORLD Health Organization; WORLD health; PUBLIC health; COVID-19 vaccines; PREVENTION of epidemics; CLINICAL trials; COMPARATIVE studies; CORONAVIRUS diseases; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; VIRAL pneumonia; VIRAL vaccines; EVALUATION research; DISEASE prevalence
- Subject Terms:
  AFRICA
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]