Ebola may become a preventable and treatable disease
. But, in order for this to happen, there will need to be improvements in implementation of the compassionate use programs in place for experimental vaccines.
A Merck vaccine is being used in the current outbreak in the Congo. However,Broadly, what's still needed to is finding ways to combat local community mistrust, improve prevention of disease transmission, and efficiently implement vaccination and therapeutic programs.
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