Africans should be clamouring to be part of vaccine trials so we have equal access, rather than saying we’re being used as guinea pigs, say top African scientists.
, who is heading the trials in South Africa, said it was important to note that SA had approached the University of Oxford, and not the other way around, to be part of the trials, which are also taking place in the UK, Brazil and the US.
Prof Pontiano Kaleebu, director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute , said vaccine development requires overcoming every legal, social, ethical and financial barrier, but that in his work with other vaccines , he has “learnt that as long as you communicate well and keep the public informed, they understand that their country’s scientists are sticking to the highest international and ethical standards.
“I want to assure our African brothers and sisters that we provide the best to our population, and that nobody has any interest in using Africans as guinea pigs,” he said.
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