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Potential Public-Private Partnership Aims To Bring TB Vaccine Trials To Mines Of Southern Africa
GlobalPost's "Global Pulse" blog reports on a potential public-private partnership that aims to bring tuberculosis (TB) vaccine trials to the gold mines of Southern Africa, where, "[f]or every 100,000 workers ..., 3,000 have tuberculosis, and many have often-fatal, drug-resistant strains of TB." The blog writes that mining company "Anglo American announced Tuesday at the GBCHealth Conference [in New York] that it has agreed in principle to make its mines available for TB vaccine trials organized by Aeras, a non-profit that has 12 TB vaccine candidates now in various stages of research," noting, "No formal agreement has been reached, but Anglo American's spokesman vowed to make it happen."
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