WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED NIGERIA EBOLA-FREE
October 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN pharmaceutical industry's fast-track approach to investing in the Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been welcomed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), as progress in fighting the disease in west Africa starts being made. Speaking to members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Brussels on Wednesday (Nov 5), the WHO regional director for Europe Zsuzsanna Jakab said that although in the past, EVD was considered a disease of poverty and therefore commercial interests and benefits were unclear, today that attitude had changed. “This is a very positive ...
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