Nigeria: Fresh Plan for HIV Vaccine Starts

25 September 2012

A revised national plan targeting possible development of HIV vaccine Tuesday came into effect, nearly 13 years after it buckled under financial and administrative challenges.

The National HIV Vaccine Plan, developed by National Agency for Control of AIDS and its partners--US Department of Defence and SI Consulting--hopes to bring the country back into global efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, said NACA director general John Idoko.

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