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Coordination urged as AIDS vaccine funding sidestepped

    JOHANNESBURG

    Health ministers from seven European countries this week called for increased coordination of global HIV/AIDS vaccine research.

    According to Agence France-Presse, a European Commission representative said the development of an effective vaccine was an "absolute necessity ... [and an] integral part of a broad strategy of global prevention."

    Despite the support of the health ministers for AIDS vaccine research, no additional funds were pledged to vaccine development efforts.

    The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative estimates that current annual spending on vaccine development is approximately US $650 million - less than one percent of total spending on all HIV/AIDS product development.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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