ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01

UNCLAS ABUJA 001605 SIPDIS SIPDIS PASS SONJA MADERA HHS/NIH/FIC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO OSCI KSCA BN IV GA ML NI SG SUBJECT: ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01 REF: STATE 61346 ¶1. The U.S. Mission Abuja appreciates the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) patience concerning the Mission's reply to ref proposed research project. ¶2. The U.S. Mission Abuja has reviewed ref proposed NIH Research Project No. AI069919 01 -- to be carried out in part in Nigeria. The Mission agrees to the study with the provision that the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project first receives written clearance from the Government of Nigeria (GON) at the federal level and that the PI shares via an NIH cable to the Mission the outcome of his or her discussions with the GON. FUREY