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Even though it seems like a large sum, we know most countries can actually afford to do this based on their domestic resources. It is only a handful of countries that requires international aid to scale up their primary health care.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We are planning a randomized, controlled clinical trial, and we expect that to start within the time frame of this outbreak, so within the next couple of months in DRC.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We've reached the majority of contacts -- more than 98 % -- with vaccination... and we believe these contacts are now protected against Ebola.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Overall, the contact tracing has been a huge challenge, particularly in areas hardest to reach.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It's extremely likely the vaccine has had a positive effect.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
What this is telling us is the response( the WHO's vaccination program) is having an impact in those two locations.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We're cautiously optimistic but there's a lot of work, we've learned the hard way in the past to never underestimate Ebola.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
There are always two epidemics : one of the virus and one of fear.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It is going to be at least weeks and more likely months before we get this outbreak fully under control.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
From the moment that they escaped, the (health) ministry, WHO and partners have been following very closely every contact.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
All it takes is one sick person to travel down the Congo River and we can have outbreaks seeded in many different locations ... that can happen at any moment, it's very hard to predict, it is going to be at least weeks and more likely months before we get this outbreak fully under control.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It is critical to remember that the Ebola Fast FactsThe current outbreak outbreak in northwest Congo River is not the only challenge this country is facing, there is massive population displacement, food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in the east of the country, and multiple simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, of measles and recently of vaccine-derived poliovirus.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The detective work of epidemiology will make or break the response to this outbreak.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This outbreak has features of both, we're really just at the beginning.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It’s really the detective work of epidemiology that will make or break the response to this outbreak.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
In any vaccine market, at some point the manufacturers assess whether its a viable market to continue, and they may stop.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Certainly from what we know about the J&J vaccine, it could have a very complementary use, it looks like it takes a little longer to develop the immune response, but at the same time it may last a lot longer ... it could be an ideal vaccine for healthcare workers, for example, who you could proactively vaccinate and know that they are protected for 10 years or so.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's the first time in the midst of an outbreak ... that we're using this as a way to stem transmission, it's an important moment that changes the way we've seen Ebola for 40 years.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We want to make sure we are engaging whole communities so that the broader community understands what we are doing and why, that is particularly important when you're not targeting everyone, because naturally people will ask: 'How come you're vaccinating that person but not me?'.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
These are make or break issues, there's a lot of complex logistics and social science here.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This is going to need a highly sophisticated operation in one of the most difficult places on earth, it's very hot and very humid, and we're talking about hundreds of kilometers of densely forested areas.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Having healthcare workers infected is usually a 'canary in the mine' for potential amplification.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It is extremely difficult to do that as you can imagine in a country with very poor infrastructures, the other issue is, we are now tracing more than 4,000 contacts of patients and they have spread out all over the region of northwest Congo, so they have to be followed up and the only way to reach them is motorcycles.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Our current estimate is we need to vaccinate around 8,000 people, so we are sending 8,000 doses in two lots, over the next few days we will be reassessing the projected numbers of cases that we might have and then if we need to bring in more vaccine we will do so in a very short notice.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This is not a simple logistical effort ; it's not like doing a polio campaign with oral polio vaccines, where we get it immediately out to the field. This is a highly complex sophisticated operation in one of the most difficult terrains on Earth.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is a highly complicated, sophisticated operation in one of the most difficult terrains on earth.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This is going to be tough and it's going to be costly to stamp out this outbreak.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
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