The Nairobi Declaration: An African Appeal for an HIV Vaccine

Participants
Abdool Karim, Quarraisha. Southern Africa Fogarty, Durban, South Africa
Abimiku, Alash'le. Assistant Professor, Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Anzala, Omu. Programme Manager, Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KA VI), Nairobi, Kenya
Balfour, Thuthula. Director, SADC Health Sector Coordination Unit, Pretoria, South Africa
Benslimane, Abdellah. Director, Institute Pasteur, Casablanca, Morocco
Bokete, Theresa. Chief Laboratory Scientist/Microbiologist, Ministry of Health, Gaborone, Botswana.
Bwayo, J.J. Chairman, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Corrah, Tumany. Director Clinical Services, Medical Research Council, Banjul, Gambia
Esparza, Jose. Coordinator, WHO-UNAIDS HIV Vaccine Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland
Gomo, E. Senior Medical Research Officer Blair Research Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Harare,
Zimbabwe.
Idoko, J.A. Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Jos Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
Karita, Etienne. Director, National Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda
Koumare, Brehima. WHO West African Bloc, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Kumwenda, Newton. College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
Lie, Reidar. Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Makgoba, William Malegapuro. President, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa
Makinwa, Bunmi. Communications Adviser, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
Mbidde, Edward Director, Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Mhalu, Fred. Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es
Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
Mugerwa, Roy. Professor, Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Mukasa Monico, Sophia. Chief Executive Officer, The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO), Kampala,
Uganda
Musonda, Rosemary. Principal Scientific Officer, Tropical Disease Research Centre (TDRC), Ndola,
Zambia
Mwalloh, James. National AIDS Control Council, Nairobi, Kenya
Naamara, Warren. UNAIDS Country Programme Adviser, Nairobi, Kenya
Ndumbe, Peter. Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaounde, Yaounde, Cameroon (unable to
attend, sent written comments)
Nkengasong, John. Project RETRO-CI, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (unable to attend, sent written

comments)