Africa - Nevirapine For AIDS Mothers: U.S. Hid Research Concerns

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Subject:Health Supreme Update: Africa - Nevirapine For AIDS Mothers:

U.S. Hid Research Concerns

 

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Health Supreme Update: Africa - Nevirapine For AIDS Mothers: U.S. Hid

Research Concerns

 

December 14, 2004

 

 

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According to a recent article in the Indy Star, the National

Institute of Health did not inform presidential aides about

safety concerns that emerged during testing of nevirapine in

Uganda. As a result, a U.S. led program distributed the drug to

hundreds of thousands of pregnant mothers in Africa. The aim

was to stem mother-to-child transmission of HIV, a retro-virus

widely believed to cause the symptoms of Aids. U.S. Senator and

Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley asked the Justice

Department to investigate NIH's conduct. In a letter released

Monday, Grassley said he was compelled to do so by " the serious

nature of these allegations and the grave implications if

the...

 

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