Rizal Philippines | August 13, 2014
Repost from Time Magazine
The World Health Organization has endorsed use of Zmapp, an untested drug vs Ebolavirus. Its ethics committee has ruled that the drug could be a potent tool in fight vs the outbreak. The entire stock of the new drug has been shipped to Liberia after its President sought the help of US govt. The entire shipment came at no cost to Liberian govt. Liberia has the second biggest number of casualty from the outbreak. The drug is made by Mapp BioPharmaceutical
WHO said that the drug should be administered only after the patient has been informed that the drug is untested (and therefore would be use in humans for the first time and that there could be risk) and that he consents
It may take months before the manufacturer can manufacture new batch of vaccines. Guinea, and Nigeria therefore would not have such drug at their disposal
Some experts however say that the vaccines could not help combat the disease entirely. A semblance of public health infrastructure is needed which may be non existent in the Ebola virus stricken West Africa
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