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Ethiopian Health Works Reached Liberia to Wipe Out Ebola

December 17, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

Ethopian health workers arrived Liberia

A group of Ethiopian Health workers reached Liberia on Tuesday. The main aim of the workers is to motivate other nations and wipe out this deadly outburst.

African Union is all set to join hands with a team of 87 doctors and nurses. Thus far, nearly 6,800 people died in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia due to this lethal disease. The concerned authorities intend to wipe out the virus before Christmas.

The team of doctors and nurses will join other health staff of Sierra Leona and Liberia before the end of December.

Major General Julius Oketta, the director of the African Union Ebola mission stated that the primary goal of these paramedic staff is to support the government in the fight with Ebola. The officials plan to speed up the mission to get rid of this virus as soon as possible. Additionally, these health workers will strive hard to spread out the mission.

The greater part of the efforts of African Union took place in Liberia.  Currently, Monsterrado County, which is the one of the biggest city, is the main focus of the officials.

The recent fall in the cases of Ebola elevated the hopes of the health authorities. It is a big indication that soon all the African countries would be free of this fatal disease.

Tolbert Nyenswah, the assistant health minister of Liberia informs that their topmost goal is to cut down the number of Ebola cases to zero. Presently, Liberia witness around five to ten cases to Ebola every day.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: African Union, death rates, ebola, Ethiopia, health workers, Liberia, Monsterrado Cunty, Sierra Leona

Clinical Trial of Ebola Antiviral Drugs Will Begin in December

November 13, 2014 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

new Ebola Experimental drug

Doctors without Boards declared that researchers intend to begin the clinical experiment of two Ebola therapies in December. Experts expect to get the results of the three experimental drugs till the end of February 2015.

The medical humanitarian group informed that the tests will be carried out on the patients of treatment center of Guinea.  The Ebola outburst slammed Guinea really badly.

As per the reports of World Health Organization around 15,000 Ebola cases are diagnosed in Guinea, Sierra Leona and Liberia.

The studies will examine the therapies that are currently in use of Europe and USA for the cure of Ebola. These antiviral drugs are brincidofvir and favipiravir. The Chinmerix Inc of Durham developed brincidofovir in order to treat the infections DNA containing virus.  It is considered as the modified version of an antiviral drug known as cidofovir. It averts the progression of several DNA viruses such as herpes viruses and poxviruses.

On the other hand, favipiravir is manufactured by Toyama Chemical Unit situated in Japan.  It is a medicine which is utilized for the cure of influenza, West Nile Virus, Yellow fever Virus and foot and mouth disease. Currently, the dug is being sold under the name of Avigan.

Researchers will observe the number of patients that survived after the use of these medications.  Moreover, experts notified that they are presently designing the appropriate method for this experiment.

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: DNA, drugs, ebola, experiment, Guinea, Liberia, result, Sierra Leona, World Health Organization

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