FiveAfricancountriesare currentlyconductingphase I and phase IIclinicaltrialsofcandidateHIVvaccines: Botswana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, soonto bejoined by Tanzania.
Hope Ferdowsian of the Physicians Committee says "For example,in HIV research, we've learned a lot from human epidemiological studies and ethically conducted clinical trials."
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More distantly, about 20 HIV vaccines are currently in clinicaltrials, according to the New York-based AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).