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WHO predicts AIDS vaccine in 10 years

    JOHANNESBURG

    A successful HIV vaccine would only be available in about 10 years from now, a senior UN official has said.

    According to Marie-Paule Kieny, director of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Initiative for Vaccine Research, the search for a vaccine was still at the stage where "we are testing concepts on what may or may not protect against HIV".

    "This means the research will continue for the medium term at least. We can only say that it is very unlikely that an HIV vaccine will be available in less than five years," Kieny told Inter Press Service.

    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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