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Home > Southern Africa: Gates Foundation Supports Clinical Trials of AIDS-Fighting Microbicide

Contributor [1]
Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 02:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
53 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Population Council has announced that it plans to begin the clinical trials of its lead candidate microbicide, Carraguard?, by the end of 2002. A $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will provide a substantial part of the funding needed for this large-scale study of 6,000 women in southern Africa.

Category: 
Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/5793 [5]

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