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Sibal for more investments in AIDS vaccine research
Our Bureau
New Delhi
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Dec. 8
THE Minister of State for Science and Technology, Mr Kapil Sibal, has emphasised the need for speeding up the pace of socio-economic development and increasing the level of investment in research for developing vaccines to combat HIV/AIDS.
"As HIV/AIDS has become a global epidemic, measures to halt it would require an increased funding-especially from developed world, co-ordination amongst various countries and an appropriate policy framework... There is a need for higher level of investment in research for developing a vaccine against AIDS," Mr Sibal said while addressing a session `South-South collaboration on AIDS Vaccines' at the India Economic Summit here.
"The greatest public health challenge of our times is HIV/AIDS. While prevention efforts have intensified, we know they are not likely to succeed unless integrated into a broader movement. We need to quicken the pace of socio-economic development, empower underprivileged communities and create an environment conducive to proper communication, behavioural change and risk reduction," he said.
The need of the hour was to develop a highly effective and widely available HIV vaccine that can repeat the success of vaccination against small pox and other communicable diseases and bring an end to the pandemic.
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