Ebola vaccine does not exist because it mainly affects Africans

[Babylon]

Ebola vaccine 'does not exist because it mainly affects Africans', claims top doctor

• Pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to invest in vaccine research because it only affects a powerless minority, Professor John Ashton claims
• Response is similar to that for Aids, in which media, politicians and scientists only took notice when it started affecting western countries
• More than 700 people have died in four countries across West Africa since March, in what has become the biggest Ebola epidemic in history
  

Professor John Ashton said the virus must be tackled as though it was in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster

Pharmaceutical companies are unwilling to invest in vaccines and research to cure the deadly Ebola disease because it is only killing Africans, a leading UK doctor has claimed.

Professor John Ashton, the president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, has claimed no cure for the disease has been discovered because it so far has only affected powerless minorities.

He likened the response to that of Aids, for which treatments were developed only when it started affecting western countries.
The current Ebola outbreak - which has no vaccine, no cure and kills up to 90 per cent of victims - is currently ravaging the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia.

There have been 729 deaths from 1,329 confirmed cases of Ebola in this year's epidemic - making it the largest Ebola outbreak in history.
Professor Ashton said: 'We must respond to this emergency as if it was in Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster.

'We must also tackle the scandal of the unwillingness of the pharmaceutical industry to invest in research to produce treatments and vaccines, something they refuse to do because the numbers involved are, in their terms, so small and don't justify the investment.

'This is the moral bankruptcy of capitalism acting in the absence of an ethical and social framework.'
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Health officials in the U.S. have warned Americans not to travel to Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea

Local burial practices are thought to be helping spread the disease, which is transferred by direct bodily contact

Nurses in Liberia preparing Ebola victim bodies for burial in the isolation unit of a ELWA Hospital, in Monrovia

WHO director-general Margaret Chan has also warned the virus is currently moving faster than efforts to control it.
She said: ‘This outbreak is moving faster than our efforts to control it. If the situation continues to deteriorate, the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of lost lives, severe socioeconomic disruption and a high risk of spread to other countries.'

WHO has said the Ebola virus, pictured, is spreading faster than the efforts being made to control it

A woman in Monrovia prays for the virus to stop spreading. It has killed more than 700 people since March

Reporters gather at the entrance to Emory University Hospital, in Atlanta Georgia, where the the first of two US aid workers infected with the disease was taken upon his return to the US

MSF struggling against Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone

Speaking at a meeting in Guinea's capital Conakry, she told the presidents of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast that the virus could be stopped.

But she said that cultural practices such as traditional burials were a significant cause of its spread.

Meanwhile, Emirates, the Mideast's largest airline, said today it had halted flights to Guinea because of concerns about the spread of the Ebola virus.
The Dubai-based carrier said flights to the Guinean capital of Conakry were suspended beginning Saturday until further notice.

The airline will continue flying to the West African nation of Senegal, which borders Guinea, saying it 'will be guided by the updates from international health authorities'.

Source:dailymail

 

[SNAP J]

Tatizo tulilonalo waafrica ni kwamba tumeshaaminishwa kila kitu mzungu ndio anaweza. Tizama hata mtu mmoja anafikia hatua ya kuongea hivyo kana kwamba wazungu wao ndio miungu watu,wakikataa kusaidia Africa ,basi tungojee kufa tu!

Inabidi tubadilike,kwani kabla ya wao kuja Africa na kabla ya ya modern medicines kuanza kutumika, mbona mababu zetu waliweza Ku survive??
Wataalam wa mitishamba tuanao wa kutosha tu Africa.
Isitoshe,miti mingi ambayo hutumika kutengenezea modern medicines inapatikana Africa. There is nothing in there countries, apart from skyscrapers. Wanatuonea wivu sana hawa pigs.

Ni muda sasa wa kuingia porini kwa wataalam wetu wa jadi na kutafuta dawa za mitishamba zitakazotuokoa na janga hili la Ebola. I believed we can. Mungu ibariki Africa.

 

[mrangi]

Tatizo tulilonalo waafrica ni kwamba tumeshaaminishwa kila kitu mzungu ndio anaweza. Tizama hata mtu mmoja anafikia hatua ya kuongea hivyo kana kwamba wazungu wao ndio miungu watu,wakikataa kusaidia Africa ,basi tungojee kufa tu!

Inabidi tubadilike,kwani kabla ya wao kuja Africa na kabla ya ya modern medicines kuanza kutumika, mbona mababu zetu waliweza Ku survive??
Wataalam wa mitishamba tuanao wa kutosha tu Africa.
Isitoshe,miti mingi ambayo hutumika kutengenezea modern medicines inapatikana Africa. There is nothing in there countries, apart from skyscrapers. Wanatuonea wivu sana hawa pigs.

Ni muda sasa wa kuingia porini kwa wataalam wetu wa jadi na kutafuta dawa za mitishamba zitakazotuokoa na janga hili la Ebola. I believed we can. Mungu ibariki Africa.

sawa sawa komrade......hujakosea

 

[sam2000]

Tatizo tulilonalo waafrica ni kwamba tumeshaaminishwa kila kitu mzungu ndio anaweza. Tizama hata mtu mmoja anafikia hatua ya kuongea hivyo kana kwamba wazungu wao ndio miungu watu,wakikataa kusaidia Africa ,basi tungojee kufa tu!

Inabidi tubadilike,kwani kabla ya wao kuja Africa na kabla ya ya modern medicines kuanza kutumika, mbona mababu zetu waliweza Ku survive??
Wataalam wa mitishamba tuanao wa kutosha tu Africa.
Isitoshe,miti mingi ambayo hutumika kutengenezea modern medicines inapatikana Africa. There is nothing in there countries, apart from skyscrapers. Wanatuonea wivu sana hawa pigs.

Ni muda sasa wa kuingia porini kwa wataalam wetu wa jadi na kutafuta dawa za mitishamba zitakazotuokoa na janga hili la Ebola. I believed we can. Mungu ibariki Africa.

Mkuu inaonekana hujamwelewa jamaa, yeye pia analalamika with the way big phamarcitical companies are only interested with profit bila kuangalia utu wa binadamu,'This is the moral bankruptcy of capitalism acting in the absence of an ethical and social framework'. That was his parting short! African given an opportunity tunaweza but will we ever get that opportunity?

 

[Bufa]

Tatizo tulilonalo waafrica ni kwamba tumeshaaminishwa kila kitu mzungu ndio anaweza. Tizama hata mtu mmoja anafikia hatua ya kuongea hivyo kana kwamba wazungu wao ndio miungu watu,wakikataa kusaidia Africa ,basi tungojee kufa tu!

Inabidi tubadilike,kwani kabla ya wao kuja Africa na kabla ya ya modern medicines kuanza kutumika, mbona mababu zetu waliweza Ku survive??
Wataalam wa mitishamba tuanao wa kutosha tu Africa.
Isitoshe,miti mingi ambayo hutumika kutengenezea modern medicines inapatikana Africa. There is nothing in there countries, apart from skyscrapers. Wanatuonea wivu sana hawa pigs.

Ni muda sasa wa kuingia porini kwa wataalam wetu wa jadi na kutafuta dawa za mitishamba zitakazotuokoa na janga hili la Ebola. I believed we can. Mungu ibariki Africa.

Hahahaaah miafrika ndivyo tulivyo. Yani ebola itibiwe na miti shamba!! Ona mwingine hapo kwa picha kapiga magoti anaomba ebola itokomee pasipo juhudi yeyote.

Hata UKIMWI mlidhani mnaweza utibu kwa miti shamba, mmeangaika ila bdae mmerudi kwa ARV za mzungu

Huyo anaekutibu na miti shamba atachukua tahadhari gani isimpate maana ikimpata wote hamuombi hata maji mnakufa

Ni muda tukubali ukweli mchungu, hatuwezi jikomboa na hili janga pasipo mtu mweupe kuingilia

 

[Sir Good]

Kwa majanga kama haya.., jumlisha utegemezi wa nchi zetu kwa mataifa ya watu weupe, tukubali tu kwamba bila usaidizi wao hatuwezi survive hakika huu ni ukweli mchungu ambao watu weusi hatuna budi kuukubali.

 

[SNAP J]

Kwa majanga kama haya.., jumlisha utegemezi wa nchi zetu kwa mataifa ya watu weupe, tukubali tu kwamba bila usaidizi wao hatuwezi survive hakika huu ni ukweli mchungu ambao watu weusi hatuna budi kuukubali.

Sio kwamba nakataa kuwa wao wametuzidi karibu katika nyanja zote,ikiwemo katika elimu ,Lakini nachotaka kusema ni kwamba waafrica tumefikia hatua mbaya, hata tunadiriki kusema bila ngozi nyeupe hatuwezi Ku survive, yaani tunawategemea wazungu kwa kila kitu.

Huu mtazamo mimi sikubaliani nao kabisa. Ni utumwa wa kiakili ndio unaotusumbua hadi sasa. Kitu ambacho kitatusaidia tuushinde utumwa huu ni ELIMU , ambayo inabidi irandane na mazingira yetu,La sivyo tutaendelea kuwa WATUMWA,na mbaya zaidi ni huu utumwa wa kichwani ambao ni mmbaya zaidi ya utumwa mwingine wowote ule.

 

[SNAP J]

Hahahaaah miafrika ndivyo tulivyo. Yani ebola itibiwe na miti shamba!! Ona mwingine hapo kwa picha kapiga magoti anaomba ebola itokomee pasipo juhudi yeyote.

Hata UKIMWI mlidhani mnaweza utibu kwa miti shamba, mmeangaika ila bdae mmerudi kwa ARV za mzungu

Huyo anaekutibu na miti shamba atachukua tahadhari gani isimpate maana ikimpata wote hamuombi hata maji mnakufa

Ni muda tukubali ukweli mchungu, hatuwezi jikomboa na hili janga pasipo mtu mweupe kuingilia

Ndugu yangu Bufa, yaani( refer maneno yenye rangi ) inadhihirisha unavyojidharau kama mtu mweusi, ambaye umeshakata tamaa katika hii dunia na kujiona huwezi kufanya au kugundua chochote kile, zaidi ya kukaa na kusubiri ngozi nyeupe ikufanyie kila kitu.
Huo ugonjwa ulionao ni afadhali ya kuugua Ebola, kwani tiba yake nafikiri ni kusubiria kifo tu.

 

[SNAP J]

Mkuu inaonekana hujamwelewa jamaa, yeye pia analalamika with the way big phamarcitical companies are only interested with profit bila kuangalia utu wa binadamu,'This is the moral bankruptcy of capitalism acting in the absence of an ethical and social framework'. That was his parting short! African given an opportunity tunaweza but will we ever get that opportunity?

Nafikiri wewe ndio ujanielewa nazungumzia katika upande upi wa shilingi mkuu.Hapo kuna pande mbili, moja ni namna ambavyo wewe umeelewa ,nyingine ni jinsi gani wazungu wanavyodharau waafrica, kwani waonaona ni kundi ambalo ni hopeless, masikini,tegemezi, na lisilothaminika katika dunia hii.

 

[Bufa]

Ndugu yangu Bufa, yaani( refer maneno yenye rangi ) inadhihirisha unavyojidharau kama mtu mweusi, ambaye umeshakata tamaa katika hii dunia na kujiona huwezi kufanya au kugundua chochote kile, zaidi ya kukaa na kusubiri ngozi nyeupe ikufanyie kila kitu.
Huo ugonjwa ulionao ni afadhali ya kuugua Ebola, kwani tiba yake nafikiri ni kusubiria kifo tu.

Sijidharau ila nasema ukweli uliopo ambao wewe unajaribu kuukataa kwa kujipa moyo as if something will change. Sisi tunaweza kugundua vitu vidogo vidogo kama vichochoro na kuharibu utaratibu, ila madawa na teknolojia tumuachie mtu mweupe

Ni sawa na ombaomba pale Kariakoo aseme hajaamua tu kununua gari sababu hapendi ilhali hana uwezo kabisa wa kununua hata toy yenye umbo la gari achilia mbali gari lenyewe

 

[Hoshea]

you dont wait for the opportunity, u seek for it, madoctors waafrica wote huu ndo muda wa ku brainstorm kichwa. nendeni laboratory maporini fanyeni maneuvers mpate dawa ya hii balaa.