....Ebola: no vaccine will be available before the end of the year
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The current outbreak of Ebola virus that continues to spread in West Africa is unprecedented in scale. There is still no approved vaccine against the disease, and no specific treatment.
The international community was accelerating its response Thursday against Ebola, the African Union announced an emergency meeting to strategize across the continent while WHO proposed eight treatments and two experimental vaccines to be developed faster. "None has been clinically proven," according to the paper published Thursday by the WHO for the 200 experts convened in Geneva to take stock of the ways to fight against Ebola.
Also, "when extraordinary measures are now in place to accelerate the pace of clinical trials, new treatments and vaccines will not be available for widespread use before the end of 2014," warned the UN organization. "By then, only small quantities of up to a few doses to / treatments will be available," she said, noting that the development and clinical evaluation of these treatments take "up to 10 years normal circumstances. ".... http://www.congo24.net/Acceuil/index.php/monde/5757-ebola-aucun-vaccin-ne-sera-disponible-avant-la-fin-de-l-annee.html
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The current outbreak of Ebola virus that continues to spread in West Africa is unprecedented in scale. There is still no approved vaccine against the disease, and no specific treatment.
The international community was accelerating its response Thursday against Ebola, the African Union announced an emergency meeting to strategize across the continent while WHO proposed eight treatments and two experimental vaccines to be developed faster. "None has been clinically proven," according to the paper published Thursday by the WHO for the 200 experts convened in Geneva to take stock of the ways to fight against Ebola.
Also, "when extraordinary measures are now in place to accelerate the pace of clinical trials, new treatments and vaccines will not be available for widespread use before the end of 2014," warned the UN organization. "By then, only small quantities of up to a few doses to / treatments will be available," she said, noting that the development and clinical evaluation of these treatments take "up to 10 years normal circumstances. ".... http://www.congo24.net/Acceuil/index.php/monde/5757-ebola-aucun-vaccin-ne-sera-disponible-avant-la-fin-de-l-annee.html
