Lessons Learned From Ebola Outbreak Demonstrate Importance Of Vaccine Research, Development

Center for Global Health Policy’s “Science Speaks”: Lessons from Ebola: A vaccine fast track too slow demonstrates need to prepare for pandemic potential diseases
Elizabeth Bukowski, freelance journalist and veterinarian, reports from the 3rd International One Health Congress in Amsterdam and discusses comments from the director of the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, Adrian Hill, on how “the [Ebola vaccine] development process has valuable lessons for other outbreaks of emerging diseases … [and] vaccines for diseases with pandemic potential should be prepared and tested for safety now…” (4/2).

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