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Why Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babies
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Experts have said the US-funded trial would deny critical vaccines to thousands of infants.
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Compiled from 2 independent publishers Al Jazeera · BBC News
Al Jazeera emphasises “Why Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babies”; BBC News leads with “Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau”.
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Experts have said the US-funded trial would deny critical vaccines to thousands of infants.
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The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
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