Prostituted Women Experimented on For Decades in USA-funded HIV Trials Overseas

Trials of HIV prevention medications used thousands of vulnerable women in Africa and Asia, leaving some infected and sometimes in collaboration with pro-prostitution organizations.

Since the 1980s, women in prostitution in Africa and Southeast Asia have been used to test new solutions against HIV. Despite evidence of harm, the nonoxynol-9 spermicide was used on women and girls in prostitution leaving some of them infected with HIV. Although a similar series of trials were halted in 2004, this did not stop scientists.

Thanks to major US-based grants, new trials started collaborating with pro-prostitution organisations to gain access to women in prostitution. These trials were conducted on thousands of vulnerable women without true informed consent, leaving some infected with HIV.

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This article was edited by Dana Vitalosova and published on 4w.pub in May 2022. You can read it for free here: https://4w.pub/prostituted-women-experimented-on/amp/.