Nigeria: Military Starts Ebola Clinical Trial June

The Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (HIP) is to start a new study on an experimental Ebola vaccine as early as late June for the first time.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, ahead of next week's annual clinical summit trial, director-general of HIP, Maj-Gen Life Ajemba, said the MOD's Walter Reed Programme, which it runs in collaboration with the US Department of Defence, scaled through rigorous investigations to qualify for the international multi-nation study.

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