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Good News:Nigeria Closer To
Finding A Cure For Ebola
The Treatment and Research
Group(TRG) for Ebola Virus
Disease in Nigeria has revealed
that a tremendous progress has
been made in finding a cure for
Ebola virus in Nigeria.
Speaking on Wednesday,Prof.
Innocent Ujah,the Co-Chairman of
the group said an experimental
drug known as T705 has been
recommended by the group to the
Federal Government for use in the
treatment of the disease.He also
urged the government to approve
clinical trials for some of the
Ebola experimental vaccines.
Find what he said below....
“We have virtually looked at the
experimental drugs and vaccines;
it is only one that we have
recommended to the Federal
Government and that is T705.
“And then we have the
experimental vaccines – the
Chinese type and then the
Canadian type and then of course
there is the one that was brought
in by CDC.
“We have recommended to
government that we need to
commence clinical trials
on any one of them."
He assured Nigerians that any
drug they recommend should be
of standard quality and efficacious
in the treatment of Ebola.
“We have about 35 of those who
claim they can either cure or
prevent Ebola;and what we are
doing now is cataloging those
claims and then later verify; it is
not something that we can rush
into otherwise we will have
problems.
“We don’t want a situation where
any of the claimants will be
accusing us of being bias, so
when we do that we go to the
next level.
“So our road map is to, using the
clinical trials, study the
experimental drugs and vaccines
that are available and we do this
in partnership with other
countries.
“The truth is that once you are
doing a clinical trial, it takes a
long time; the issue is that you go
through the protocol;you must
establish the protocol otherwise
tomorrow we will have legal
issues."
He faulted people who believe
Nigeria lacks the necessary
manpower and money needed in
the development of Ebola drug.
“It is very expensive to undertake
research, research requires a lot
of investment in terms of money,
material and man, you have to
train people, you have to have the
material but there is no serious
commitment to research in Nigeria
that is the truth.
“And the answer I give to those
who say what is the breakthrough
in Nigeria, I say
what is your investment in
Nigeria,because you must invest
to take something from it but I am
happy that the Federal
Government is considering
reserving some fund for health
research.
“The implication is that even
though we have the manpower we
have not maximally utilise the
manpower that we have, now
Ebola has shown us that we
have to look inward."
Ebola has claimed many lives in
West Africa since its outbreak
especially in Liberia and Sierra
Leone where the disease spread
is alarming.