Pursuing an Effective AIDS Vaccine

Abstract: This 15 page paper discusses the state of research into finding an AIDS vaccine, including the medical perspective. New AIDS cases have declined in the US and several other developed nations, but AIDS is still the scourge of much of Africa, India and China, threatening an entire generation in some sections of Africa. AIDS was first described in 1981, and researchers have been seeking an effective vaccine for it ever since. Only one candidate has progressed to advanced trial to date, however. A review of literature combining scientific and business information reveals that it is the business aspect of the AIDS vaccine that has been most responsible for delay in achieving an effective vaccine. Global health organizations and nonprofit foundations call for greater private sector investment so that clinical trials of existing formulations can progress. Bibliography lists 17 sources.

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Catagory: Disease, Treatment, & Epidemiology

Subcatagory: Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

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