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01/08/2005:

"Doubts over drug trials muddy Aids message in South Africa"

In his office in Cape Town, South Africa, Zackie Achmat has been receiving messages of concern from Aids sufferers after media reports raised doubts about the safety of a drug widely used to fight the disease.

His experience highlights how a scandal in the US over the manipulation of clinical trials for an Aids drug is causing concern in Africa. However, doctors in Africa are less concerned about the possibility that the drug could have side-effects than the risk that the scandal may deter HIV-infected women from seeking a treatment that could stop the virus infecting their unbon children.

Full Article : news.ft.com