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Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau

11/5/2026, 12:30:37 AM

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.

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.
The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.

The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.

Published originally on BBC Health

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