An Ebola Treatment and Research Group , Yesterday was
inaugurated by the federal government.
The Group is mandated
with carry out research on Ebola, receive and verify claims towards curing
Ebola, collate and analyse researches on Ebola.
The group will also
advise government as may be appropriate, the health minister, Prof Onyebuchi
Chukwu, said during the inauguration ceremony.
He also announced that the group has the
director-general, Nigerian Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development
and the director-general of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research as chairmen.
The Nigerian-US based researcher who had found evidence of
Bitter Kola inhibiting the growth of the Ebola virus in a laboratory, Prof.
Maurice Iwu and the director-general of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control
are members of the group among others.
Prof. Chukwu said,
“though the research on bitter kola was not concluded, no progress can be made
without research. For now, there is no scientifically proven vaccine or drug
for the treatment of Ebola.”
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