WHO Recommends New Ebola Treatments DeutscheWelle: Africa
The World Health Organization has recommended the use of two drugs against the Ebola virus, which it says have"revolutionized" the treatment of what had previously been thought of as a"near-certain killer."
The organization recommended that the treatments be given to people of all ages. It said that this had"revolutionized" the treatment of the often-fatal disease.The WHO has recommended the use of two monoclonal antibodies, Ebanga and Inmazeb . She said the use of the new drugs could save 230-400 lives for every 1,000 infections, depending on the standard of care.
"Patients should receive recommended neutralizing monoclonal antibodies as soon as possible after laboratory confirmation of diagnosis," the UN health agency said in a statement.an outbreak of the disease in 2018-2020 in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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