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US funding for Israeli Ebola virus treatment

Posted on October 27, 2024

BARDA, part of the US department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, is funding development by Israel’s Redhill of Opaganib (see here previously) for the treatment of the Ebola virus. https://nocamels.com/2024/10/us-government-funding-development-of-israeli-ebola-treatment/

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Covid treatment also combats Ebola

Posted on October 22, 2023

Opaganib, a novel, twice-daily, oral medication developed by Israel’s RedHill Biopharma (see here previously) delivered a statistically significant increase in survival time in a United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) in vivo Ebola virus study https://www.israel21c.org/drug-shows-promise-in-treating-often-fatal-ebola-disease/

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Breakthrough in search for a vaccine against Ebola

Posted on October 27, 2019

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute working with researchers in Germany have identified two antibodies that are effective in stopping one species of the Ebola virus. Research is ongoing to developing a multi-species vaccine. https://www.israel21c.org/experimental-ebola-vaccine-offers-long-term-protection/

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Thank you for fighting Ebola

Posted on January 22, 2017

On the first ever state visit to Israel, the President Ernest Bai Koroma of the Muslim-majority Sierra Leone expressed his gratitude for the Jewish state’s assistance in fighting the Ebola virus.  “That we have put the Ebola behind us is because of the … Continue reading →

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Liberia thanks Israel for helping to eradicate Ebola

Posted on January 3, 2016

Liberia’s senate president Armah Zolu Jallah, is making the first visit to Israel by any head of his country’s parliament. He thanked Israel for its help in wiping out the fatal disease Ebola in Liberia. Israel sent mobile clinics and … Continue reading →

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Ebola Heroes

Posted on February 15, 2015

Israeli humanitarian organization IsraAID has set-up a program entitled “Ebola Heroes”.  It provides psychosocial training to health workers, teachers, burial teams, policemen, social workers etc., so they can treat Ebola cases, while tackling the devastating effects of fear, trauma, extreme … Continue reading →

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Israel is the biggest contributor to the war on Ebola

Posted on January 4, 2015

(Thanks to UnitedWithIsrael) “The U.S. Fund for UNICEF applauds Israel’s recent pledge of $8.75 million to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa. This donation to the UN’s Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund represents the largest per-capita investment by … Continue reading →

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Israel helps PA to keep out Ebola virus

Posted on November 23, 2014

(Thanks to Hazel) Israel has transferred Ebola screening tools to the Palestinian Authority in the hopes it will help PA officials to diagnose the virus among those entering from Jordan and also into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing. … Continue reading →

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Portable field hospitals to Ebola-hit countries

Posted on November 23, 2014

Israel has sent six cargo containers of specialist equipment to set up portable field hospitals to treat Ebola victims in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.  Each clinic has 20 beds, medicines etc.  Israeli NGO’s are to send Israeli volunteers, medical … Continue reading →

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UN praises Israel’s work to combat Ebola

Posted on November 2, 2014

Wow!  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a letter to Israel’s envoy to the UN, Ron Prosor, commending the Jewish state for its efforts to combat the outbreak of the Ebola virus. Meanwhile, Israel’s Sys Technologies makes the inflatable isolation … Continue reading →

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