AfricaSTI.com, Nairobi
Kenyans have overcome the stigma that hitherto prevented them from participating in clinical research trials as they now make themselves readily available.
Omu Anzala of the Kenya Aids Vaccine Initiative (KAVI) said one of KAVI’s trial sites has managed to recruit 40 volunteers to participate in an ongoing AIDS vaccine trial within three months, beating the set deadline of six months.
He said it took more than one year to enroll 18 volunteers needed for the first clinical trial in the country in 2000.
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