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"Existing treatments cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per person, yet they purchase just one or two more years of life," he wrote. "By contrast, a vaccine to prevent HIV infection would save not only lives but also money, costing $100 or less to administer."
Preventative vaccines should be based on HIV subtypes found in Africa and Asia...Testing prototypes in countries where HIV is spreading rapidly could significantly reduce the amount of time it will take us to arrive at a workable HIV vaccine," he wrote.
[Researching vaccines in this country] is extremely expensive and inefficient," said Lee, who researched an AIDS vaccine that is currently undergoing pre-clinical analysis.
Essex said he attributes the lack of necessary vaccine research in developing countries to "international communication and global health economics where this scientific vaccine development dichotomy is not realized."
Essex said he feels that the solution to directing AIDS research towards vaccine trials in developing countries lies with not-for-profit international health organizations.