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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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WHO 'reasonably confident' Ebola not widespread across borders

The World Health Organization is "reasonably confident" they are not seeing widespread Ebola transmission into countries bordering Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, an official have said.

However, WHO acknowledged it is still "terrifically difficult" to get enough domestic and international healthcare workers to fight Ebola in West African countries.

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