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West Africa: WHO Announces Possible 'Game Changer' Vaccine
UN News, 31 July 2015
Having achieved its "core objective" of scaling up global action to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response will… Read more »
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West Africa: Call to Boost Use of New Ebola Vaccine
Ebola Deeply, 31 July 2015
As health experts hail the VSV-EBOV vaccine study a turning point, MSF's medical director Bertrand Draguez calls for accelerated use of the vaccine in the affected countries. The… Read more »
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West Africa: Ebola Vaccine 'Highly Effective', Results Show
WHO, 31 July 2015
Results from an interim analysis of the Guinea Phase III efficacy vaccine trial show that VSV-EBOV (Merck, Sharp & Dohme) is highly effective against Ebola. The independent… Read more »
New Ebola Vaccine 'Highly Effective', Results Show
The World Health Oraginzation has however urged caution, warning that while the vaccine has shown "100% efficacy", more conclusive evidence is needed.
A health worker stands with a woman grieving over the lost of a relative at a cemetery for victims of Ebola virus in Liberia.
InFocus
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A research group which recently adminstered two trial vaccines to 1500 volunteers in Liberia has reported "no serious side effects" to any of the participants of the study. Read more »
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Health authorities have been cited by the legislature to explain how the country was chosen for the trial "without their knowledge". Read more »
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Experts caution that the vaccine is still a long way from use in the field and that no announcement on larger-scale trials is expected. Read more »
