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Human trials sped up to deliver millions of Ebola vaccines in 2015

Millions of doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine will be ready by the end of 2015 after drugmakers pledged to work together to speed up safety trials in human volunteers.

The World Health Organisation said high risk groups, including frontline health workers in West Africa, are front of the queue to receive the vaccines by early next year.

An estimated 200,000 doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available by the middle of 2015 after a meeting of drug officials in Geneva.

The WHO said potential manufacturers have committed to ensuring vaccines are sold at affordable prices.

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Two-year-old girl confirmed as first Mali Ebola case

A two-year-old girl has been confirmed as having the first case of Ebola in Mali.

The country's health minister Ousmane Kone told state television that the girl had recently arrived in the town of Kayes from Guinea.

The girl was admitted at the Fousseyni Daou hospital in Kayes on Wednesday night, where she was tested for Ebola.

"The condition of the girl, according to our services, is improving thanks to her rapid treatment," Mr Kone said.

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