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West Africa: WHO Welcomes Approval of Ebola Vaccine Trial
Independent (Lagos), 29 October 2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has welcomed the approval by Swissmedic for a trial with an experimental Ebola vaccine at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). Read more »
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Africa: Nigeria to Begin Ebola Vaccine Trial
Guardian, 10 November 2014
THE Supervising Minister of Health, Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, Monday disclosed that Nigeria is set to follow internationally-approved protocols to commence clinical trial of Ebola… Read more »
Ebola Vaccine Trial Approved
Trials at Switzerland's Lausanne University Hospital, with the support of the World Health Organisation, will begin this week.
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Nigeria: WHO Berates Drug Industry Over Ebola Vaccine Development
Guardian, 6 November 2014
THE World Health Organization (WHO) has castigated the pharmaceutical industry for failing to develop a vaccine for Ebola over the some 40 years that the virus has threatened West… Read more »
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West Africa: Ebola - MSF Urges Immediate Action On Vaccines and Treatments for Frontline Workers
MSF, 24 October 2014
Following a high level meeting on access and funding for Ebola vaccines convened yesterday by the World Health Organization (WHO), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has… Read more »
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Africa: Human Trials of Ebola Vaccines By Year's End
DW, 24 October 2014
The World Health Organization has announced that two potential Ebola vaccines will be ready for human trials by December. Successful trials could lead to hundreds of thousands of… Read more »
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West Africa: Ebola Vaccine Trials May Begin Soon
RFI, 24 October 2014
Mali's first case of Ebola coincides with the World Health Organsation's annoucement of vaccine trials to take place in West Africa in early 2015. Read more »
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West Africa: MSF Urges Immediate Action on Vaccines and Treatments for Frontline Workers
MSF, 24 October 2014
Good afternoon, Read more »
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West Africa: Clinical Trials of Possible Ebola Vaccine Underway in U.S.
State Department, 23 October 2014
Human testing of a second investigational Ebola vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Read more »
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West Africa: WHO Sets Jan 2015 for Ebola Vaccine Trials in West Africa
Guardian, 21 October 2014
STILL in search of an effective and safe cure for the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has set January 2015 for larger medical trials in West Africa… Read more »
InFocus
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The World Health Organization is convening a major meeting of nearly 200 experts in Switzerland to discuss possible cures and vaccines for the deadly Ebola virus. Read more »
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The French assistant director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Marie-Paul Kieny, has announced that the organisation hopes to begin vaccine trials in early 2015. Read more »
