Russian health ministry creates new powder vaccine against Ebola

The Russian health care ministry, has got a new dry powder vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus disease, Health Minister, Veronika Skvortsova said on Thursday.

“We have created a new form of Ebola vaccine in powder,’’ Skvortsova said at a meeting with Djene Kaba Conde, the spouse of the president of Guinea, on the sidelines of the Eurasian Women’s Forum in St. Petersburg.

The vaccine is now being tested on volunteers and has shown promising results so far, the Russian minister added.

“I think that is one area our further cooperation could be the creation of the pharmaceutical sector in Guinea, not only to fight Ebola but also other tropical diseases,’’ Skvortsova stressed.

Conde welcomed the proposal and said that Guinea was interested in the production of malaria vaccine on its territory.

In August 2017, Guinea launched the post-registration clinical trials of Russia’s Ebola vaccine Gam Evac Combi, which was developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.

About author

You might also like

NEWS 0 Comments

PACFaH seeks increased govt commitment to nutrition, family planning, others

Explains why Emir Sanusi is under fire over position on planned families Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health, PACFaH, on Monday appealed to government at all levels in

U.S. Government Launches $2.5 million Water and Sanitation Project for Kaduna and Bauchi States

KADUNA – The U.S. government, through its Agency for International Development (USAID), Thursday,  launched a new water and sanitation activity that will help Kaduna and Bauchi states improve the health and

NEWS 0 Comments

Nigeria, EU, UNODC renew commitments against terrorism

…unfold new project Abuja – The ongoing fight against terrorism in Nigeria received a boost as the European Union unfolded a three-year funding plans commencing in April 2018. This was

0 Comments

No Comments Yet!

You can be first to comment this post!

Leave a Reply