Sunday, 1 February 2015

27,000 VOLUNTEERS FOR EBOLA VACCINE TRIAL IN LIBERIA

There is an unprecedented recruitment of 27,000 volunteers for Ebola vaccine trial in Liberia, one of the hardest hit countries of Ebola to find out if the vaccine works. 

The vaccine is produced by Glaxo Smithkline (GSK) and the US National Institutes of Health.

A version of the vaccine has been tried on 200 volunteers in Switzerland; US, Mali and United Kingdom.


photo credit: BBC News

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