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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Olekoima on October 30, 2014, 08:36:56 AM

Title: Canadian Ebola vaccine to be tested in Europe, Gabon, Kenya
Post by: Olekoima on October 30, 2014, 08:36:56 AM

(Reuters) - Trials of an experimental vaccine developed by the Canadian government and licensed to NewLink Genetics will begin swiftly in healthy volunteers in Europe, Gabon and Kenya, under a program with funding from the Wellcome Trust.

A $5 million grant from the medical charity will allow several global partners, overseen by the World Health Organization (WHO), to gather essential safety data for the so-called rVSV-EBOV vaccine......

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/29/us-health-ebola-vaccine-idUSKBN0II1I820141029

Title: Re: Canadian Ebola vaccine to be tested in Europe, Gabon, Kenya
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on October 30, 2014, 03:51:01 PM

How timely.  Ebola is usually such a rare thing.  It is timely that so much money and drugs are suddenly available for it.