Ebola Vaccine Is A Reliable Cure For The Disease As It Is Found To Be Safe And Protective Against The Virus

Ebola Vaccine
Ebola Vaccine 

In the midst of a major Ebola outbreak, vaccines against the Zaire strain of the virus have given new hope to health officials. The Ebola Vaccine, produced by Merck and marketed as Ervebo, is being used in a “ring vaccination” strategy that focuses on first responders and contacts of confirmed cases.

Despite initial misgivings that it could lead to the spread of the disease, the vaccine is working well in Congo and elsewhere, and it may soon be available in large enough quantities to allow its use for preexposure immunization during future outbreaks.

The Ebola Vaccine Market is experiencing substantial growth due to increasing awareness and the need for effective preventive measures against the deadly virus.

The rVSVDG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine is designed to be a one-dose shot that works quickly by inducing an immune response. Clinical trials showed that it induced antibody responses in 14 days.

A randomized cluster vaccination study during the 2014-2016 outbreak found that when it was used in this way, none of the 3,775 vaccinated individuals developed EVD. NIAID, Okairos and Janssen subsequently reformulated the vaccine to make it more practical for use during outbreaks, resulting in a two-dose Ebola Vaccine that is more easily transported and requires less refrigeration time than the original version.

The vaccine is also safe for pregnant women and those who are immunocompromised, a feature that will be useful in areas of the world where vaccine access has been limited.

Despite the positive results of the vaccination ring, vaccine trials in eastern DRC have sparked popular distrust among communities and stoked broader debates about international intervention, governance, and inequality. These debates are inextricably linked to long-standing local contestations over power and poverty, and to historical and contemporary global inequalities.

In the city of Goma, rumors that the vaccine aimed to exterminate people or that it was part of a conspiracy by pharmaceutical companies fueled mistrust. When the Ebola Vaccine trial restarted after the end of the epidemic, this further stoked suspicion that the institutions conducting the vaccine study were trying to exploit the population.

Merck & Co., will be producing investigational ebolavirus vaccine and donating it to a non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda in October 2022. The country is facing an outbreak of the disease.

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