The World Health Organization today announced that clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by British pharma company GlaxoSmithKline may begin next month and made available by 2015.
According to AFP, Jean-Marie Okwo Bele, the WHO's head of vaccines and immunisation, said this; adding that he was optimistic about making the vaccine commercially available. "We are targeting September for the start of clinical trials, first in the United States and certainly in African countries, since that's where we have the cases. We think that if we start in September, we could already have results by the end of the year. And since this is an emergency, we can put emergency procedures in place ... so that we can have a vaccine available by 2015." Continue..
There is currently no available cure or vaccine for Ebola, a virus that causes severe fever and, in the worst cases, unstoppable bleeding. It has claimed close to 1,000 lives in the latest epidemic to spread across west Africa this year. Several vaccines are being tested, and a treatment made by San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical, ZMapp, has shown promising results on monkeys and may have been effective in treating two Americans recently infected in Africa.
Posted: at 9-08-2014 07:35 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
olofofoomo at 9-08-2014 10:23 PM (10 years ago) (f)
my own view about this virus is that it was intentionally brought back to africa, either by american or british , there is claim that there is no cure nor vaccine yet, the american doctor flown from africa that was infected is getting better, so i throw this question out to you my people, where america get the cure from and why have they refused to share the cure when they know that this thing dey kill people every day for africa? God day o
Posted: at 9-08-2014 10:23 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
kins4real at 10-08-2014 06:05 AM (10 years ago) (m)
Poster, You must be a fool for misleading people...... According to CNN, BBC and Al jazeera, the Vaccine will be ready by Next Month, so where do u see next Year??
Posted: at 10-08-2014 06:05 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
seundavid88 at 10-08-2014 06:34 AM (10 years ago) (m)
oyinbo na mumu? dis vaccines is there bfor dis virus(ebola) get to Nigeria nd some other contry like ghana but bcos d vaccine dose not sell for d reason dat nobody have dis sickness. so dey decied to spread d virus so dey can sell their drugs, think it deep there is nothing Dat is nagative dat dose not have possitive. inconclution dis virus was spread bcos d Manufacturer dosen't want to lose after d production of d drugs. it means dey will buy d drugs wen d virus (ebola) is in their contry...
Posted: at 10-08-2014 06:34 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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