Dr. Nancy Writebol: The US Doctor that survived Ebola talks about possibility of returning to Africa

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">        <img alt="Nancy Writebol - August 2014 - BN News - BellaNaija.com 01" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-424603" height="450" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Nancy-Writebol-August-2014-BN-News-BellaNaija.com-01.jpg" width="600" /></span></div> <strong><div style="text-align: left;"> <strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </strong></div> </strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Dr. Nancy WhriteboI</strong> is a woman with a heart of gold.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 59-year-old who was released on Tuesday from the <strong>Emory University Hospital</strong>, Atlanta, after being airlifted to the U.S. from Liberia, has her mind on Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She was the other American, apart from <strong>Dr. Kent Brantley</strong>, to contract the deadly disease.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In an interview with <strong>Matt Lauer</strong> on the <a href="http://www.today.com/health/sons-ebola-patient-nancy-writebol-shes-happy-be-healed-1D80099874" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Today</a> show today Friday 22nd August 2014, her sons reveal that and more.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Writebol sons say their mum is already talking about what she wants to do next, which includes possibly returning to Africa to continue ministering to people.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“She’s still thinking about it,” her son Jeremy told Lauer.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jeremy added that her parents have deep compassion for those in need, “Africa is still in their heart and the</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="" name="more"></a>suffering and the people in western Africa is still very deep for them.”<br /><br /></span></div>

Dr. Nancy Writebol: The US Doctor that survived Ebola talks about possibility of returning to Africa

           Dr. Nancy WhriteboI  is a woman with a heart of gold. The 59-year-old who was released on Tuesday from the  Emory Unive...

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New Ebola Ward Replaces Old One

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Photo: New Ebola Ward reportedly opened in Lagos</span></span></h3> <div class="post-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4888524738755292695" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 616px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZ8ug9WLipGWb7gJXZ9wRPYfZD1b4PlpidQ0KV_gITTD9Xw8vrBj7h2H8g0mgMksgtNSiPEY3_aGZtkn9MDIf7Cuje4niIfiielpmKVsOLGRUzA3Tuj8zDWpeipdvonSPRxeEvbIrfig/s1600/7.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4888524738755292695" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 616px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> Saw this pic on the twitter page of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. They said the newly opened ward is designed to care for Ebola Virus Disease positive patients, isolating them from EVD negative patients. They didn't say where in Nigeria it was opened...</span></div> </div>

New Ebola Ward Replaces Old One

Photo: New Ebola Ward reportedly opened in Lagos Saw this pic on the twitter page of the Centers for Disease Control & Preve...

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146 patients recover, says group

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="single-post-thumb" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Chukwu" class="attachment-slider wp-post-image" data-cfsrc="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Prof-Onyebuchi-Chukwu.jpg" height="201" src="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Prof-Onyebuchi-Chukwu.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 620px;" width="251" /></span></div> <div class="single-post-caption" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chukwu</span></div> <div class="post-inner" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 20px 0px;"> <h1 class="name post-title entry-title" itemprop="itemReviewed" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing" style="border: 0px none; font-weight: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span itemprop="name" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">146 patients recover, says group</span></span></h1> <div class="post-meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 7px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="post-meta-author" style="border: 0px none; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Posted by: <a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/author/rilwan/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;" title="">Seun Akioye</a></span> <span class="post-cats" style="border: 0px none; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">in <a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/category/news/" rel="category tag" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;" title="View all posts in News">News</a></span> <span class="tie-date" style="border: 0px none; display: inline-block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">7 hours ago</span></span></div> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px none; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div class="entry" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="pf-content" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ONE hundred and forty-six patients have recovered from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also called Doctors Without Border, has said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">MSF, which has established Ebola treatment centres in the three countries, explained that once a patient recovers from the disease, such a patient becomes immune to the virus and could continue to live a normal healthy life.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The group also said an Ebola outbreak is considered to end once no new case is reported after 42 days.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In Conakry, the Guinean capital, the MSF said it admitted 232 patients with 124 confirmed Ebola cases.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The group said 64 of them recovered and returned home.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In Gueckedou, also in Guinea, of the 366 patients admitted, 169 were confirmed to have Ebola; 46 recovered and returned home.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In Sierra Leone, MSF said of the 174 confirmed Ebola patients it admitted, 36 recovered and nine were discharged on August 4, after they recovered from the disease.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In 2012, the MSF effectively contained an Ebola outbreak in Uganda by placing a control area around the treatment centre.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The organisation has 676 workers in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">MSF said it would support any effort by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to find a vaccine for the disease.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It said: “MSF welcomes the steps the WHO is taking to adopt exceptional regulatory procedures in the face of an exceptionally grave Ebola epidemic. MSF is keen that its patients benefit from any treatment that shows promise, and will continue to work with the WHO and other organisations to support an appropriate acceleration of procedure for any treatment that is considered a good candidate for a medical trial.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The responsibility for selection of a treatment and the definition of the ethical framework for this will be in the hands of the WHO and the ministries of Health of the countries where the epidemic has spread.”</span></div> <div class="printfriendly pf-alignright" style="border: 0px none; float: right; list-style: none; margin: 12px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net%2Fnew%2F146-patients-recover-says-group%2F" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: none; line-height: normal; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out; vertical-align: bottom;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Print Friendly" data-cfsrc="http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-button.gif" data-cfstyle="border:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none; box-shadow:none;" src="http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-button.gif" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; display: inline-block; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;" /></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="share-post" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-style: solid none; border-top-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); border-width: 1px 0px; clear: both; height: 20px; list-style: none; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 10px 0px 10px 10px;"> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 106px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-share-button twitter-tweet-button twitter-share-button twitter-count-horizontal" data-twttr-rendered="true" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1407888064.html#_=1408094257605&count=horizontal&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net%2Fnew%2F146-patients-recover-says-group%2F&size=m&text=146%20patients%20recover%2C%20says%20group&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net%2Fnew%2F146-patients-recover-says-group%2F&via=thenationnews" style="border-style: none; border-width: 0px; height: 20px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 107px;" title="Twitter Tweet Button"></iframe></span></li> <li style="border: 0px none; float: left; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; width: 106px;"><div class=" fb_reset" id="fb-root" style="background-image: none; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; cursor: auto; direction: ltr; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none; visibility: visible;"> <div style="border: 0px none; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; width: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px none; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: -10000px; width: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe allowtransparency="true" aria-hidden="true" frameborder="0" id="fb_xdm_frame_http" name="fb_xdm_frame_http" scrolling="no" src="http://static.ak.facebook.com/connect/xd_arbiter/FX-Xf5fQjUk.js?version=41#channel=f1c001be68&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fthenationonlineng.net" style="border-style: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" tabindex="-1" title="Facebook Cross Domain Communication Frame"></iframe></span></div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>

146 patients recover, says group

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Nigeria approves use of experimental drug, Zmapp, on Ebola patients

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6092016042705633442" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 616px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteyagmxWJNBW56Fahc7YhPa7rlsuwTO4mblAGP6ffNyEHPusObbv3Q7CWFvBb0G0sM6NKYuH5zoS1W-QkruGgR6LhlNCiRSoynXj7l2f_bkt5n_EOTEiiXVQzR1h0MgzfbhcbVHiRIAg/s1600/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteyagmxWJNBW56Fahc7YhPa7rlsuwTO4mblAGP6ffNyEHPusObbv3Q7CWFvBb0G0sM6NKYuH5zoS1W-QkruGgR6LhlNCiRSoynXj7l2f_bkt5n_EOTEiiXVQzR1h0MgzfbhcbVHiRIAg/s1600/0.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Health Research Ethics Committee, Nigeria, has approved the use of an experimental Ebola drug, Zmapp, for treatment of patients infected with the virus.<span style="font-style: inherit;"> The committee, which composed research scientists, is a national body under the Federal Ministry of Health.</span></span></div> <div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">The endorsement is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by Prof. <strong>Clement Adebamowo,</strong>Chairman of the committee <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_91358595" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Wednesday</span></span> in Abuja. Continue...</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;"></span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="" name="more"></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">The decision by the committee is coming on the heels of <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_91358596" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday’s</span></span> approval by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the use of Zmapp for treatment of Ebola patients.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">“It is ethical to use these treatments in the current situation without first submitting an application to National, State or Institutional Health Research Ethics Committee for prior review and approval.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">“In addition, the Committee waives the current requirement that international shipment of any biological samples out of Nigeria should be preceded by the establishment of a Materials Transfer Agreement.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">“This waiver is to promote rapid international response to this global emergency,’’ the statement said.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">In the statement, the Nigerian National Code for Health Research Ethics emphasised that all innovative and non-validated treatments should be carefully and adequately documented.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">According to the statement, the documentation can form the basis for clinical trials of the efficacy and side effects of the treatment according to established scientific principles.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">In the statement, the ethics committee enjoined all agencies, development partners and research scientists to follow the guideline for the rapid resolution of the current emergency.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">“The guideline will contribute to preparedness in case of future occurrences and contribution to scientific knowledge.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">“It must be noted that all Phase O and Phase I Clinical Trials that may subsequently be designed for treatment of this infection can be approved only by the National Health Research Ethics Committee,’’ it said. </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: inherit;">Source: NAN</span></div> </div> </div> </div>

Nigeria approves use of experimental drug, Zmapp, on Ebola patients

The National Health Research Ethics Committee, Nigeria, has approved the use of an experimental Ebola drug, Zmapp, for treatment of pat...

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