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Nigeria- The Treatment and Research Group (TRG) on Ebola is making progress in the search for a reliable treatment method for the Ebola Virus Disease, Co-chair of the group, Prof Innocent Ujah, on Wednesday announced.
TRG is a special committee set up by the Federal Government to find better ways of handling the disease and is made of renowned Nigerian health scientists based in Nigeria and abroad.
``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.``
Ujah said that at its last stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, the committee had identified claims to preventive and curative measures for the virus and was working on them.
He said the group would not be hasty in choosing a drug or vaccine for Ebola prevention or treatment, stressing that it would follow acceptable procedures.
``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.
Ujah dismissed the insinuations that Nigeria lacked the capacity to handle research on Ebola treatment or prevention and urged government and other stakeholders to come to the aid of researchers in Nigeria by making adequate funds available for the purpose of research.
#Ebola #Nigeria
TRG is a special committee set up by the Federal Government to find better ways of handling the disease and is made of renowned Nigerian health scientists based in Nigeria and abroad.
``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.``
Ujah said that at its last stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja, the committee had identified claims to preventive and curative measures for the virus and was working on them.
He said the group would not be hasty in choosing a drug or vaccine for Ebola prevention or treatment, stressing that it would follow acceptable procedures.
``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.
Ujah dismissed the insinuations that Nigeria lacked the capacity to handle research on Ebola treatment or prevention and urged government and other stakeholders to come to the aid of researchers in Nigeria by making adequate funds available for the purpose of research.
#Ebola #Nigeria