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Michelle Raess
The Human Body
Dr. Shirley M. Bartido
HIV Vaccine Testing in Africa
The United Nations estimates that 5.8 million people per year become infected with the immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Ninety percent of these infections occur in sub- Saharan Africa, where infected persons do not have access to antiviral therapy. Approximately 2.4 million Africans died of AIDS in 2002, and 3.5 million occurred in the region. Where in the United States $12,000-$15,000 is usually spent on treating an HIV-infected person per year, only $6 is spent annually per person in Uganda.
The only method presently available to prevent the spread of HIV in less-developed countries is counseling against the behaviors that increase the risk of infection. It’s obvious that a vaccine would be more beneficial to these countries. There are several HIV vaccines in various stages of development that need to be tested to see their effectiveness. It seems reasonable to carry out such trials in...

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1. Vaccine Testing
   

   Vaccine Testing. ... Once Phase I trials show the experimental HIV vaccine to be
   safe, it goes on to Phase II trials for more safety testing. ...

2. Animal Testing Must Be Minimized
   

   ... This is not a result of animal research. In response, many ask this question: what
   about the polio vaccine? Was it not developed through animal testing? ...

3. Animal Testing Is The Only Way
   

   ... animal species. “Animal testing saves human lives”, says Albert, one of
   the leading researchers for the polio vaccine. It helps ...

4. Animal Testing: Testing....1....2...3
   

   ... (#1) Animal testing has contributed a great deal to both animals and humans. Albert
   Sabin, the developer of oral polio vaccine stated: "Without the use of ...

5. Anthrax
   

   ... other vaccines. Even with all that, there are still reasons why some
   won’t take the vaccine, like a lack of testing. It hasn’t ...