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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A pharmaceutical research center in Abuja, Ben Amodu Firms and Research Center, yesterday said it has submitted drug samples to the Federal Government that have the efficacy to tackle Ebola virus.<br /><br />The Chairman of the Center, Pharmacist Ben Amodu, said the center had produced drugs for the treatment of haemorrhagic fevers, which could also be used for Ebola virus. He said the drugs have been submitted to the committee set up by the minister of health recently on Ebola adding that the drugs could cure Ebola virus.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We gave the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and World Health Organization (WHO) samples of the drugs but the WHO later phoned and said they were not supposed to verify Ebola drugs. I gave samples to the committee set by the Minister of Health on Ebola virus and I hope that due process will be followed in determining the cure for Ebola.”</span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said the Center was into research of neglected tropical diseases, adding that the drugs made by the Center had the efficacy to cure Ebola symptoms.<br /><br />He said,</span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We got the drugs that cure Leishmaniasis and they have been previewed. We invented a drug, DAABS 2 which also cures Dangue fever which is viral Hemorrhagic fever and as you know Ebola is also a viral Hemorrhagic fever. Their symptoms include fever, intense weakness of the body system, vomiting, diarrhea, headache and internal and external bleeding. If you remove the bleeding aspect the disease becomes typhoid and hepatitis. The International Organisation for Scientific Research based in US, Japan and India have also previewed us for the management of hepatitis A,B,C,D,E and F, of which we have treated so many people. We have a drug that stops bleeding, including those from cervical cancer and uncontrolled menstrual flow. Our drug called SAABMAL was tested by the World Health Organization to have 97 per cent effectiveness in all forms of fever symptoms, including dengue, malaria and Ebola. It presently cures typhoid. Another drug, TAABS 2 also has effects on fever while SAAB 6 has very strong Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties as confirmed by National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD). Also one other drug SAAB is a very good immune booster.”</span></blockquote>
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Nigerian Pharmacist Ben Amodu's research firm submits drug samples to FG for Ebola treatment

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US President, Barack Obama on Wednesday said affected countries should instead focus on building a "strong public infrastructure," adding: "I think we have to let the science guide us. And I don't think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful."</div>
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The decision to use an experimental drug to treat two Americans infected with Ebola, while nearly 1,000 Africans have already died from the deadly epidemic, has sparked controversy.</div>
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Asked if, should the drug prove to be effective, he would support fast-tracking its approval in the United States, Obama replied: "I think it's premature for me to say that because I don't have enough information. I don't have enough data right now to offer an opinion on that."</div>
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Obama emphasized that Ebola, a hemorrhagic virus that kills more than half of those infected, "is not an airborne disease.</div>
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"This is one that can be controlled and contained very effectively if we use the right protocols."</div>
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But he said: "the countries affected are the first to admit that what's happened here is the public health systems have been overwhelmed. They weren't able to identify and then isolate cases quickly enough."</div>
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"As a consequence, it spread more rapidly than has been typical with the periodic Ebola outbreaks that occurred previously," he added.</div>
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He said the United States is working with European partners and the World Health Organization to provide resources to help contain the epidemic.</div>
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"We're focusing on the public health approach right now, because we know how to do that, but I will continue to seek information about what we're learning with respect to these drugs going forward."</div>
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A total of 932 people have died since March in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria, with 1,711 confirmed cases since the beginning of the year.</div>
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Ebola is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person.</div>
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Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, red eyes, diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding</div>
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