By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
Illustrative image · Thirdman · Pexels · Licence PexelsGuinea-Bissau has cancelled a US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborns after weeks of controversy over its ethical character. Critics denounced a trial deemed abusive and not compliant with rules on infants, according to Africa News.
The clinical trial on the non-specific effects of the hepatitis B vaccine administered at birth in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled, Danish epidemiologist Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer announced. The study, partly funded by the United States and deemed unethical, will not go ahead, according to his message posted on LinkedIn and reported by Le Monde.
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · Source: Kassataya ·
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had reached 10,532 confirmed cases and 5,126 deaths by 1 November, according to health authorities. Eight provinces are affected, while the WHO is preparing to integrate two vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain into a clinical trial.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Rwanda News Agency ·
Two new Ebola vaccine candidates will join the clinical trial being conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against the Bundibugyo strain. Their inclusion will broaden the assessment of preventive solutions during the ongoing outbreak, according to the UN.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: ONU Info ·
Claire Chadwick, a 40-year-old British influencer living in Nigeria, died of septic shock at 37 weeks of pregnancy after her unborn daughter died. Her family launched a £10,000 appeal to repatriate both bodies to the United Kingdom, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
Suspect arrested with 1.138kg of cocaine in BissauBissau-Guinean judicial police arrested a 40-year-old Luso-Guinean man suspected of international cocaine trafficking at Bissau airport on 2 November. He was carrying 100 capsules, representing about 1.138 kilograms, and was brought before the public prosecutor's office on 4 November, according to O Democrata.
Three dead after toxic traditional remedies in NigeriaAt least four people have died and 14 others hospitalised after consuming herbal preparations suspected of being toxic in Oju, Benue State, Nigeria. The three suspected sellers were arrested by community youths before being handed over to the police, according to Daily Post.The week in Africa
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