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E Cape health officials nearly turn TB victims into cash cows

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Chris Bateman

Abstract


Only intervention by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) prevented thousands of unsuspecting TB sufferers from being used as human guinea pigs in a lucrative and potentially dangerous experiment.


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Chris Bateman, HMPG

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Keywords

clinical trial; Immutides Spray; roll-out; quack remedy

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South African Medical Journal 2014;104(4):265-267. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.8171

Article History

Date submitted: 2014-03-11
Date published: 2014-03-17

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