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Health / Re: Two Cases Of Ebola Confirmed In Port Harcourt by Songitto(m): 1:33pm On Aug 28, 2014
Oh moi God struggle continue....
Religion / Re: Nigeria’s Oldest Pastor, Samuel Sadela, Dies At 114yrs by Songitto(m): 6:30pm On Aug 27, 2014
Rest in perfect peace papa, your legacy will live on...
Health / Re: N1.9 Bn ‘ebola Fund’ Will Be Used For Cars, Others - Health Minister by Songitto(m): 2:35pm On Aug 27, 2014
Sincere9gerian: What is wrong with this minister of health? Why not use the funds to set up world class isolation centres with well trained staff for hemorrhagic diseases or other highly infectious deadly diseases in select existing FG tertiary hospitals? Why not use part of the funds to support research on ebola and other hemorrhagic diseases? What about procurement of adequate barrier nursing tools and PPE in the existing in the hospitals? This minister should better get his acts together.

I guess the minister made this pronouncement because he feels the current outbreak of ebola has been effectively contained, but while that maybe true, we should begin now to prepare for the next outbreak of ebola, other hemorrhagic diseases or any other highly infectious and deadly disease. We should be proactive for once.


Good point..., well let them use the money buy cars, I knew Nigeria leaders are so doom and self centered they don't have any good thing for this wealthy nation they only meant to use their trick to y embezzle our money, God is watching them...
Health / Re: N1.9 Bn ‘ebola Fund’ Will Be Used For Cars, Others - Health Minister by Songitto(m): 2:22pm On Aug 27, 2014
drsteroid: I believe Nigeria is winning this war against ebola.This is one of Goodluck's major achievement as a president.kudos 2 him,our honourable Minister of health n Nigerians.If we support d govt in other aspects of d economy just as we all supported in the management of ebola,d country wil be beta 4 all 2 liv

Thou shall not thank health minister or jona, all glory goes to fashola and his state government.

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Business / Re: ATM Fee: CBN Lied To Us by Songitto(m): 12:53pm On Aug 27, 2014
I no say make them no charge us oo , but tell them we should not see any ATM displaying "out of service" and all of the ATM must to work properly...
Health / Re: BREAKING: Nigeria Successfully Blocks Ebola, Has One Case Left- minister by Songitto(m): 10:34pm On Aug 26, 2014
Good news, and glory be to almighty God, Ebola listen very well nigeria is not your home, pack your loads and never near us again, ka'ma pade mo ooo
Politics / Re: President Jonathan Sick, Flown to Germany for Urgent Medical Treatment by Songitto(m): 2:09pm On Aug 23, 2014
You left your country to receive medical treatment in another country, did you ever hear that Obama went to another country for medical check up ? Ok no shit

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Good News! Immigration Set To Recruit 5,000 Officers by Songitto(m): 10:32am On Aug 23, 2014
Nigeria leaders are so doom, so they are telling us that it's high time for them to recruit more staff , while many have been seeking for this job without getting one, now they are facing challenges and they decided to recruit more staff, must we have shortage of officer's in our borders as a giant of african, I think this should have been done..... ,Nigeria leaders are so selfish and they are the problem of the noble country.
Health / Re: BREAKING: Nigeria Records New Ebola Cases by Songitto(m): 11:17pm On Aug 22, 2014
I'm tired of these bad news jawie, I only want to hear that people where discharge from isolation center. God have mercy
Health / Re: American Doctor Treated For Ebola Released From The Hospital by Songitto(m): 7:53pm On Aug 21, 2014
"To the extent that we've tested, there is no evidence of Ebola virus in their bodies," Ribner said.

Asked whether the experimental drugs used on the patients
helped improve their survival, he said, "The honest answer is we have no idea

Imagine....US with their braveness.
Health / Re: Lagos Records 5 new Suspected Ebola Cases by Songitto(m): 10:42pm On Aug 20, 2014
Sawyer! sawyer!!, sawyer!!! I called you 3 times, se you see weting u cause?
Health / Re: Nigerian Celebrities Eulogize Dr. Adadevoh For Her Bravery by Songitto(m): 1:32pm On Aug 20, 2014
Well death is inevitable, RIP madam your legacy will live on
Health / Re: Dr Ameyo Adadevoh Dies Of Ebola Virus by Songitto(m): 11:07pm On Aug 19, 2014
karidad: How many doctors attended to this said Patrick Sawyer of a devil? Is it because he is a foreigner? because I bet an ordinary Nigerian ll nt receive dis kinda treatment frm our medical practitioners. RIP to d decreased.


Yes, you are right, we like foreigners and we welcome them appropriately. fact about NIGERIA
Health / Re: Nigerian Woman Suspected Of Ebola Dies In UAE by Songitto(m): 5:07pm On Aug 19, 2014
Nawa for this people oo, so all sickness is now EBOLA or what shit they are trying to say, they should fucken wait for the clinical test, before publishing this f**k, upon all .. still love moi country 9ja
Health / Re: US Commends Nigeria As Four More Ebola Patients Are Discharged by Songitto(m): 4:52pm On Aug 19, 2014
Only God superior...
Health / Re: Doctors Hit Lagos Streets To Protest Mass Sack (PHOTOS) by Songitto(m): 4:39am On Aug 19, 2014
I don't think these useless people care about live...
Health / Re: Nano Silver Can Cure Ebola – Manufacturer by Songitto(m): 4:10am On Aug 19, 2014
Too late to prove that.... You people should have wake up earlier when US called the drug pesticide.
Business / Re: NACCIMA Proposes Naira For ECOWAS Single Currency by Songitto(m): 6:07am On Aug 18, 2014
Let see if this can work out for us

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Health / Re: Nano-silver Nigerian Ebola Drug Is A Pesticide- US by Songitto(m): 12:19am On Aug 16, 2014
Then the dude who made the drug should come out and prove them wrong or right

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Health / Re: Nigerian In Diaspora Produces Experimental Drug For Ebola Called "Nanosilver" by Songitto(m): 11:07pm On Aug 14, 2014
Good, we are getting there, still Love my country

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Health / Re: Why Patrick Sawyer Deliberately Travelled Tonigeria - Wife by Songitto(m): 10:58pm On Aug 14, 2014
Imagine, I can call this sawyer a wicked and self centered animal
Sports / Re: Nigeria Withdraws Team From Youth Olympics Over Ebola Discrimination by Songitto(m): 2:21pm On Aug 14, 2014
Nigeria a populous nation and giant of african, but not strict in everything... ,that's what caused this fucken shit, well no be their fault
Sports / Re: Rwanda Express Ebola Concerns In Nigeria To Caf by Songitto(m): 11:26pm On Aug 13, 2014
Na their fault?
Events / Re: Why Your Wedding Should Be During The Rainy Season. by Songitto(m): 10:33pm On Aug 13, 2014
Well, you still gat point
Politics / Re: Jonathan Calls Sawyer 'Crazy Man' For Travelling When Sick With Ebola by Songitto(m): 12:07am On Aug 13, 2014
Yes the man is really crazy for bringing fears to our heart

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Health / Re: FG Confirms 10th Ebola Case In Lagos by Songitto(m): 11:21pm On Aug 11, 2014
Shit!!! Liberia must to pay for this..
Family / Re: A Nairalander Weds A Nairalander by Songitto(m): 8:06am On Aug 11, 2014
Happy married life
Health / Re: Jonathan Declares National Emergency On Ebola by Songitto(m): 9:45pm On Aug 10, 2014
I no blame people wey comments say jonathan government slow pass snail
Health / Re: Another Nigerian Being Treated For Ebola In Benin Republic by Songitto(m): 12:27am On Aug 08, 2014
It stated in the news that the case is unconfirm, why can't we wait for the out come of the clinical test...., may God protect each and everyone of us AMEN

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Health / Re: Breaking!! Six More Health Workers Infected With EBOLA!! by Songitto(m): 4:48pm On Aug 06, 2014
Hmmm... Emoo wo'lu oo, Ebora wo'lu ooo, God have mercy...
Health / 9 Questions About The New Ebola Drug by Songitto(m): 10:13pm On Aug 05, 2014
1. Who makes the drug?

The drug was developed by the biotech firm Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., which is based in San Diego. The company was founded in 2003 "to develop novel pharmaceuticals for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, focusing on unmet needs in global health and biodefense," according to its website.

Mapp Biopharmaceutical has been working with the National Institutes of Health and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, an arm of the military responsible for countering weapons of
mass destruction, to develop an Ebola treatment for several years.


2. Are there other experimental Ebola drugs out there?

Yes. In March, the NIH awarded a five-year, $28 million grant to establish a collaboration between researchers from 15 institutions who were working to fight Ebola.

"A whole menu of antibodies have been identified as potentially therapeutic, and researchers are eager to figure out which combinations are most effective and why," a news release about the grant said.

Tekmira, a Vancouver-based company that has a $140 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop an Ebola drug, began Phase 1 trials with its drug in January. But the FDA recently halted the trial, asking for more information.

At least one potential Ebola vaccine has been tested in healthy human volunteers, according to Thomas Geisbert, a leading researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch. And last
week, the NIH announced a safety trial of another Ebola vaccine will start as early as September.

3. How does ZMapp work?

Antibodies are proteins used by the immune system to mark and destroy foreign, or harmful, cells. A monoclonal antibody is similar, except it's engineered in a lab so it will attach to specific parts of a dangerous cell, according to the Mayo Clinic, mimicking your immune system's natural response. Monoclonal antibodies are used to treat many different types of conditions.

Sources told CNN the medicine given to Brantly and Writebol abroad was a three-mouse monoclonal antibody, meaning that mice were exposed to fragments of the Ebola virus and
then the antibodies generated within the mice's blood were harvested to create the medicine.

However, the drug can also be produced with proteins made from tobacco plants. ZMapp manufacturer Kentucky BioProcessing in Owensboro has been working with Samaritan's Purse and Emory University Hospital to provide
limited quantities of the drug to Emory, according to company spokesman David Howard.

4. Why did American missionary workers get the drug?

Many have asked why these two workers received the experimental drug when so many -- around 1,600 -- others in West Africa also have the virus.

The World Health Organization says it was not involved in the decision to treat Brantly and Writebol. Both patients had to give consent to receive the drug, knowing it had never been tested in humans before.

The process by which the medication was made available to the American patients may have fallen under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "compassionate use" regulation, which allows access to investigation drugs outside clinical trials.

5. Did doctors know it would work?

No. The drug had shown promise in primates, but even in those experiments, just eight monkeys received the treatment. In any case, the human immune system can react differently than primates', which is why drugs are required to undergo human clinical trials before being approved by government agencies for widespread use.

The two Americans' cases will be studied further to determine how the drug worked with their immune systems.

6. Will the drug be made available to other Ebola patients?

It's unclear. Rolling out an untested drug during a massive outbreak would be very difficult, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement. Experimental drugs typically not mass-produced, and tracking the success of such a drug if used would require extra medical staff where resources are already scarce.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says scientists have to be careful about assuming this drug will work in other patients as it appears to have worked in Brantly.

"Having worked with administering antibodies for people for a really long time, that would be distinctly unusual," he told CNN. "As we all know in medicine ... you have to withhold judgment."

7. Does the company have more vials of the

drug? The company has very few doses ready for patient use, Fauci told CNN. "(Kentucky BioProcessing) is working closely with Mapp, various government agencies, and other parties to increase production of ZMapp, but this process will take several months," Howard said.


8. Who paid for the drug and how much did it cost?

We don't know. Samaritan's Purse covered the cost of Brantly and Writebol's evacuations but did not pay for the drug, according to a spokesman.

When a patient gets an experimental drug, the drug company can donate the product under compassionate use. Mapp Bio pharmaceutical Inc. might have done that in this case. Health insurance companies typically do not pick up the tab for treatments that have not been approved by the FDA. But they usually would cover the cost of any doctor fees associated with giving the drug and any costs associated with monitoring how the drug is working.

9. Would this drug stop the Ebola epidemic?
If it were widely available, it certainly couldn't hurt. An effective Ebola drug could help doctors treat the deadly virus, which is killing about 60% of the people infected in West Africa. But a vaccine would be a much more effective tool in stopping this, and future, epidemics.

Vaccines are given to healthy people to prevent them from ever becoming infected. One challenge with Ebola, experts say, is that companies don't believe they could make much money from developing a vaccine, so few companies show interest.

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Health / Re: Liberian Dies In Morocco Of Ebola - Internal Affairs Minister Discloses by Songitto(m): 10:49am On Aug 05, 2014
Liberia again....I guess this deadly virus was originated in liberia. Govt have to take more action on this ebola cos it's gradually becoming pandemic

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