A handful of other potential Ebola treatments selected for their promise, including the antibody mixture known as ZMapp, should be evaluated in treatment centers in West Africa as protocols are developed and doses become available, the W.H.O. said. Each patient would be informed of the risks and benefits, and the effects would be evaluated.
The meeting in Geneva was part of a broader mobilization within the United Nations system to counter the spread of Ebola. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to reporters in New York, called the mobilization “an international rescue call.”
“The number of cases is rising exponentially,” he said. “The disease is spreading far faster than the response. People are increasingly frustrated that it is not being controlled.”
W.H.O. officials recently estimated it would cost $600 million to fight the Ebola scourge, the worst in the nearly 40-year history of the disease, and that 20,000 people could be infected before it is brought under control. “One of the things driving fear and panic in the communities and the world is the belief there is no treatment,” Dr. Kieny said.
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