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May 23, 2005
World AIDS Vaccine Day
The search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine has been "much more difficult than anyone expected", the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) admitted on Thursday, World AIDS Vaccine Day.
Despite recent progress, "major challenges remain", IAVI said in a statement.
These challenges were even more pronounced in Africa, where vaccine candidates were being tested in Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Malawi, said Dr Pontiano Kaleebu, a leading researcher with the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
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International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
Posted by Syamak Moattari at May 23, 2005 12:56 PM
