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Africa: All of Africa Today – February 16, 2026
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Africa: All of Africa Today – February 16, 2026
WHO Calls Guinea-Bissau Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial ‘Unethical’ A now-halted plan to test different hepatitis B vaccine schedules on newborns in Guinea-Bissau drew strong criticism from the World Health Organization, which called the study “unethical”. The US health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had funded a trial involving 14,000 babies, giving one group the proven birth-dose vaccine and delaying the shot for the other group for six w…
US-funded hepatitis B trial in Guinea-Bissau is unethical: WHO
The WHO criticized a U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau as unethical, raising concerns about exposing infants to harm by delaying vaccination. The trial, involving 14,000 newborns, faced backlash amid local outrage over its methods. Following the WHO's intervention, the Guinea-Bissau government suspended the study.
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