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Ebola patients could receive serum made from the blood of survivors of the disease within weeks in West Africa, the World Health Organization yesterday announced.
"There are partnerships which are starting to be put in place to have capacity in the three countries to safely extract plasma and make preparation that can be used for the treatment of infective patients," Dr Marie Paule Kieny WHO assistant director general for health system and innovation said.
"The partnership which is moving the quickest will be in Liberia where we hope that in the coming weeks there will be facilities set up to collect the blood, treat the blood and be able to process it for use."
Speaking in Geneva, Dr Marie Paule Kieny said work was also advancing quickly to get drugs and a vaccine ready for January 2015.
It is still unclear how much will become available and whether it could meet demand
The Ebola outbreak has already killed more than 4,500 people, mostly from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
#Ebola #Guinea #Liberia #SierraLeone #BBC #WHO
"There are partnerships which are starting to be put in place to have capacity in the three countries to safely extract plasma and make preparation that can be used for the treatment of infective patients," Dr Marie Paule Kieny WHO assistant director general for health system and innovation said.
"The partnership which is moving the quickest will be in Liberia where we hope that in the coming weeks there will be facilities set up to collect the blood, treat the blood and be able to process it for use."
Speaking in Geneva, Dr Marie Paule Kieny said work was also advancing quickly to get drugs and a vaccine ready for January 2015.
It is still unclear how much will become available and whether it could meet demand
The Ebola outbreak has already killed more than 4,500 people, mostly from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
#Ebola #Guinea #Liberia #SierraLeone #BBC #WHO