US-funded vaccine trial on babies cancelled in Guinea-Bissau after uproar
A proposed trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled following accusations that the trial was "unethical" and "neocolonial".
TL;DR
- A proposed trial of a hepatitis B vaccine on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau was cancelled.
- Accusations of the trial being "unethical" and "neocolonial" led to its cancellation.
- The trial was reportedly US-funded.