Guinea-Bissau has denied approving a US-funded baby vaccine trial, per trtafrika.com.
The country seized doses of vaccines linked to a controversial US study, Bloomberg reports.
Local officials are investigating the matter amid international scrutiny and diplomatic tension.
The situation highlights growing concerns over foreign medical research in the region.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E6, organisms; the pressure it names: health dispute. Its words also reach E10 institutions, E12 states and E7 ecosystems.
Here it is a dynamic between organisms, institutions and states: seized doses of vaccines and foreign medical research (E6 organisms), with US-funded baby vaccine trial and US study (E10 institutions), and international scrutiny and diplomatic tension (E12 states).
The floor of bodies and health. In this briefing: seized doses of vaccines, foreign medical research.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: US-funded baby vaccine trial, US study.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: international scrutiny, diplomatic tension.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: growing concerns.