Challenges recruiting women into trials
dc.contributor.author | Wakasiaka, Sabina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-20T13:51:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Aids vaccine handbook | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10501 | |
dc.description.abstract | IN KENYA, developing an effective AIDS vaccine is a high priority for women, because they bear the greatest burden of the disease. Yet our site at the University of Nairobi, which has been involved in four Phase I and IIII trials since 2000, is finding it difficult to recruit women: Of 106 volunteers so far, about 15% are female. Our experience with these (and other potential) volunteers, plus consultations with women's health and community groups and outside experts, have given us first-hand information on the barriers to women's participation | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Challenges recruiting women into trials | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.embargo.terms | 6 months | en |
local.embargo.lift | 2013-08-19T13:51:29Z | |
local.publisher | Department of Medicine. College of Health Sciences. University of Nairobi | en |
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