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12/18/2004:

"Africa's people used as guinea pigs"

President Thabo Mbeki's African National Congress published a stinging attack on Friday on top United States health officials, accusing them of treating Africans like guinea pigs and telling lies to promote the sales of a key Aids drug.

The article reinforces the fears of doctors and activists that new questions about the testing of nevirapine could halt use of a drug credited with protecting thousands of African babies from catching HIV from their infected mothers.

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