{"id":34864,"date":"2026-05-19T13:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34864"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T11:08:49","slug":"international-health-experts-meet-in-search-for-ebola-bundibugyo-vaccine-options","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/international-health-experts-meet-in-search-for-ebola-bundibugyo-vaccine-options\/","title":{"rendered":"International health experts meet in search for Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine options"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DgV2h lAKmW\">\n<div class=\"x9jfA\">\n<div class=\"body-100\">\n<div class=\"ze1hM d9vCk\"><span class=\"undefined lpcCommonWeb-hoverTarget container-261\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Moffat Mokoena, Away\" data-lpc-hover-target-id=\"lpc-react-target-180\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-is-focusable=\"true\"><span class=\"fui-Avatar r81b29z ___1kep0pc feqmc2u fbhnoac f1tlnv9o fwwuruf fid048z\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Moffat Mokoena\" aria-labelledby=\"avatar-r3u5 avatar-r3u5__badge\">Panel of experts led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will \u200bmeet on Tuesday to discuss if there \u200care any vaccine options to help tackle a major Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_52\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_1996\">\n<div lang=\"EN-ZA\">\n<div class=\"x_WordSection1\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">There have been \u200b131 suspected deaths and 500 cases linked \u200bto the outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain \u2060of Ebola, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The WHO \u200band Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u200bhave both declared it a public health emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">There are no approved vaccines or treatments for the Bundibugyo strain of \u200bEbola, which has a fatality rate of up \u200bto 40%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">However, there is a vaccine named Ervebo, manufactured by \u200cMerck, \u2060that is used for the Ebola Zaire strain but has shown evidence of providing some protection against Bundibugyo in animal studies. The potential \u200bfor testing this \u200band other \u2060options will be on the agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;When you have an outbreak with \u200ba strain that does not have countermeasures, \u200bwe \u2060are going to advise on the best approach to take,&#8221; said Dr Mosoka Fallah, Acting Director \u2060of \u200bthe science department at Africa \u200bCDC. &#8220;We will look at what evidence we have and make a \u200bdecision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34082,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34864","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"WHO will \u200bmeet on Tuesday to discuss if there \u200care any vaccine options","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34865,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34864\/revisions\/34865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}