WHO’s malaria vaccine study represents a “serious breach of international ethical standards”
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2020-02-26Journal
BMJPublisher
BMJ Publishing GroupType
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Associate editor, Dr. Peter Doshi, discusses WHO’s research study of the malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, involving 720,000 children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi. Several bioethicists have raised concerns regarding informed consent of parents and known adverse effects of the vaccine.Citation
Doshi, P. (2020). WHO's Malaria Vaccine Study Represents "Serious Breach of International Ethical Standards". BMJ, 268:mm734 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m734Keyword
cluster randomized studyMosquirix
World Health Organization
Ethics, Research
Informed Consent--ethics
Malaria Vaccines
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi