The lottery is the research.
Fourteen thousand Guinea-Bissau newborns enter a randomized lottery that withholds a known-beneficial hepatitis B vaccine; the U.S. CDC and Pershing Square pay for the drum.
Source article: Danish panel clears hepatitis B trial in Guinea-Bissau despite resignations.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- health
- Primary entities
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., University of Southern Denmark, Guinea-Bissau, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pershing Square Foundation, Bandim Health Project
- Themes
- Vaccine policy, Medical research ethics, Global health
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power