It’s ethical to try untested Ebola medicines: UN
13 Aug 2014 6:15 AM IST
The statement from the UN health agency came amid a worldwide debate over the medical ethnics surrounding the Ebola outbreak, which it has called an international health emergency.
However, the agency sidestepped the key questions of who should get the limited drugs and how that should be decided.
The statement came after the agency held a teleconference with experts yesterday to discuss the issue.
WHO says 1,013 people have died so far in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and authorities have recorded 1,848 suspected or confirmed cases.
The killer virus was detected in Guinea in March and has since spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and possibly Nigeria.
Two Americans and reportedly a Spanish priest have gotten an experimental Ebola treatment never tested in humans and two more Ebola treatments were said to be on their way to treat two doctors in Liberia.
However, the agency sidestepped the key questions of who should get the limited drugs and how that should be decided.
The statement came after the agency held a teleconference with experts yesterday to discuss the issue.
WHO says 1,013 people have died so far in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and authorities have recorded 1,848 suspected or confirmed cases.
The killer virus was detected in Guinea in March and has since spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and possibly Nigeria.
Two Americans and reportedly a Spanish priest have gotten an experimental Ebola treatment never tested in humans and two more Ebola treatments were said to be on their way to treat two doctors in Liberia.
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