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The World Health Organization and many outside experts have sharply disagreed with Stabell Benn and her colleagues on the trial’s justifications and design. It has been widely decried as “unethical” ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: ECOWAS launches breast cancer awareness campaign in Guinea-Bissau
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau, October 27, 2026: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has intensified efforts to promote breast cancer awareness and early detection through a community ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study Championed by RFK Jr. Won't Proceed
After months of reporting by Rolling Stone, a trial declared ‘unethical' by WHO will not move forward ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau halts US-backed hepatitis B newborn study amid global ethical backlash
A contentious, United States-funded clinical trial involving newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted following mounting concerns over bioethics, coercive consent and the dangers of deliberately ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau says it has not approved hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BISSAU, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's transitional government said Tuesday it has not approved a proposed clinical trial of a ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau Denies US$1.6m Vaccine Trial
Guinea-Bissau's health minister denies authorising a US-funded vaccine trial on newborns, as researchers say a US$1.6 million study awaits clearance.
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns
Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau
Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau inaugurates guidelines to reduce maternal mortality
Bissau – In an important step to reduce maternal mortality, Guinea-Bissau has launched its first-ever national guidelines for maternal health, focused on improving care before, during and after ...
News Guinea-Bissau » Bissau » Health: Guinea-Bissau HepB birth-dose vaccine trial: still unethical
A controversial trial in which a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine would be withheld from half the enrolled newborn children has been given ethical approval, according to the Center for Infectious ...