A Swedish Vaccine for HIV

At the research center at the Muhimbili University Hospital, "Professor Erici," to the right, is well known to everyone in the vicinity. Here, Eric Sandstrom is seen with the chief nurse, Mary Ngatoluwa, the medical officer, Suleiman Choum, and a visitor (to the left). The medical personnel are part of the HIV vaccine trials conducted by Professor Sandstrom in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Dafroza Kibirit, in the foreground, and Ben Friday, left, are two of a total of 60 police officers participating as volunteers in the Swedish-Tanzanian HIV vaccine study by Prof. Eric Sandstrom. Forty have received the vaccine and 20 received the placebo.

The patient was concerned about fever and boils. A test indicated he was HIV-positive but the test will be performed again to mÅke sure. The man promised to let his wife join him next time so she can be tested as part of the HIV vaccine study, conducted by Swedish professor Eric Sandstrom, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Technicians Zacharia Mtulo and Emmanuel Salala are pleased with how the immune cells have been reacting with the "Hivis" vaccine. The traditional microscope today is only a complement to the computerized analysis in the HIV vaccine study, conducted by Swedish professor Eric Sandstrom, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.