title: Inclusion of South African adolescents in HIV vaccine trials.
abstract: South Africa has more people living with HIV than any other nation. The HIV epidemic in South Africa is being driven by new infections among adolescents. Inclusion of adolescents in HIV vaccine trials is essential for successful vaccine development, however, recruitment and retention of at-risk South African adolescents into these trials poses a number of legal, ethical and operational challenges. This article discusses the South African ethico-legal context in which future adolescent HIV vaccine trials would be conducted followed by a review of available data regarding strategies for recruitment into these trials and retention of trial participants.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Emergency Medicine and Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. david_adler@urmc.rochester.edu . Tel: 585-463-2945.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Adler
keywords: Adolescent; HIV vaccine trial; South Africa; recruitment; retention
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