Three-Days Sub-Regional Collaborative Conference on EVD Kicks off in Freetown

Freetown, May, 26, 016 (MOHS) - Acting Health and Sanitation Minister, Madam Madina Rahman has officially opened a three-day Sub-Regional Collaborative Conference on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Vaccine and Therapeutic Trial on Thursday May 26, 2016 at the Radisson Blu Mammy Yoko Hotel Conference Centre in Freetown.

It could be recalled that the first Sub-Regional Collaboration Meeting was held in Conakry, Guinea from 11-12 June 2015. The event occurred almost 18 months after the first case of the Ebola virus disease was diagnosed in the sub-region. This session established the foundation to share EVD-related technology and collaborate on research, prevention and clinical care.

Making her opening statement, Madam Madina Rahman congratulated the organizers of the conference as it underpins the importance of strengthening and maintaining sub-regional research capacity as an essential preparedness tool for Global Health Security.

She recalled some two years ago when the EVD epidemic struck the sub-region and exposed the weakened health care system and the absence of clinical research capacity particularly with regards to vaccine and therapeutic trails.

publish - May 30, 2016

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