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Statement from Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, CEO, International Partnership for Microbicides

Federal government has quietly put the brakes on plans to build an HIV vaccine-manufacturing facility in Canada.

On November 30, Kairos received notice from the Canadian International Development Agency that their project proposal for 2009-2013 had been declined. They were not given an explanation for this decision, other than that their program no longer fit with CIDA priorities.

Their 2009-2013 proposal had been approved at every level of CIDA before being declined on November 30. This decision terminates a 35-year history of cooperation between CIDA and Kairos and its predecessor organizations, and compromises the work of human rights and ecological integrity in the developing world.

Kairos is asking that you write your Member of Parliament, Prime Minster Stephen Harper ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), the Minister of International Cooperation ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), the president of CIDA ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and to cc KAIROS at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and ask them to work to reverse this decision.

Visit the KAIROS website for more information.