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The Associated Press - Sunday December 27, 1998
The $9.1 million project is funded by the New York-based International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, the Sunday Independent reported.
The South African government will contribute $830,000 to the project, said Dr. William Makgoba, head of the country's Medical Research Council.
The project will mark the first major efforts for a vaccine against two HIV strains found in South Africa and Kenya. Most vaccine research has focussed on an HIV strain found mainly in Europe and the United States, the newspaper said. About two-thirds of the 33 million people worldwide infected with the HIV virus live south of the Sahara, the United Nations has said.
Controversy has surrounded the development of a reputed AIDS remedy, Virodene, in South Africa. Earlier this month, the panel that controls drug testing rejected Virodene for clinical trials, saying the move was prompted by its concern for science and public safety.
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