Reuters chief southern Africa correspondent Andrew Quinn has been named a Nieman Fellow in Global Health Reporting at Harvard University. Starting in August, he will spend a year studying the politics, economics and public policy implications of the AIDS virus. This will include exploring AIDS vaccine research and undertaking an intensive review of the science of AIDS.
He has worked for Reuters for almost 20 years, including the past five years in Johannesburg, South Africa.
"In South Africa, HIV/AIDS is an epidemic - as a human cost and as a political issue. It is inescapable", he said.
"You hear about vaccine trials in Africa but you don't hear about how they are conducted or who conducts them. I hope to learn more about the science of these trials and understand the commitment to these people."
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