Ebola news: Finally the biggest intervention we've all been waiting from African moguls. British researchers have partnered with Dangote foundation to work on the urgent release of the vaccine by December this year. Speaking on the partnership, is Dr. Mike Turner, a British scientist researching Ebola :
“We are delighted that the Dangote Foundation is joining the Wellcome Trust and others in the international consortium of funders to develop a multi-pronged approach to combating Ebola.
This is a fast-moving scene at present and it is not yet clear precisely which partners will fund which components of the work that we hope will lead to new diagnostics, drugs and vaccines.
What is more important is that the partners are all not just talking about the problems, but actually trying to make things happen and the future inevitable epidemics. If things go well, we hope to know whether this candidate vaccine is safe, with some prospect of protecting people by Christmas.”
Dt Turner added they are working with the National Institutes of Health as well as GlaxoSmithKline US. He noted that testing will begin in Oxford, England, as well as two other African countries: Gambia and Mali.
Source: Punch.
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