The Parade February 2013 | Page 56

Culture, Health & Society ositive women used in HIV p H Terrence Zimwara IV positive women in Harare’s western suburbs could be victims of a conspiracy to conduct clinical trials of new drugs without following proper procedure for such experiments, the Parade has learned. It is alleged that a group of more than 20 young women who are either widowed or orphaned have been subjected to these drug tests and have since suffered various side effects which range from becoming partially blind, to developing skin diseases. Memory (identity changed to prote