Uganda, May 1 -- Ugandan scientists have partnered with America's Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) to test a new HIV vaccine, the leaders revealed on Tuesday.

Dr Vamsi Vasireddy, the country director of WRAIR Uganda, revealed to journalists in Kampala yesterday that the "RapidVax" study has already started.

"It is a new vaccine candidate that is developed by the US Department of Defence using the mRNA vaccine technology that came out during Covid vaccine development," he said.

"So, we are still in Phase 1, which means we are still studying the safety of this vaccine candidate and we are hopeful it will go into Phase 2. As you know, the HIV vaccine space has been going on for a long time; the development and a lot of time,...