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Experimental Ebola vaccine tested in DR Congo
बातमीत का?
An unproven vaccine, a raging epidemic: why DR Congo's Ebola outbreak matters for GS Paper II
An experimental Ebola vaccine is being trialled in an active outbreak zone in the DR Congo.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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An experimental Ebola vaccine is being tested in the outbreak zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the current epidemic has caused thousands of confirmed cases and deaths, as health authorities work to contain the spread of the virus among affected communities.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
महत्त्वाची तथ्ये
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- An experimental Ebola vaccine is currently being trialled in an active outbreak zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- The ongoing epidemic has caused thousands of confirmed cases and deaths in affected communities.
- Health authorities are working to contain the spread of the virus among affected communities.
- DRC has faced multiple Ebola outbreaks in past decades, mostly in its eastern regions (background).
- Ebola spreads through contact with bodily fluids of infected people or animals and carries a high fatality rate (background).
पूर्व · मुख्य
How the exam will ask it
पूर्व
- An experimental Ebola vaccine is being trialled in an active outbreak zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The current Ebola epidemic in the DRC has caused thousands of confirmed cases and deaths.
मुख्य
GS Paper II (Health & International Organisations): recurring Ebola outbreaks in the DRC expose gaps in vaccine access, health infrastructure and outbreak surveillance in low-resource settings, with WHO-coordinated trials of experimental vaccines being the standard emergency response. This raises questions of global health equity and international cooperation under frameworks like the International Health Regulations. Way forward: stronger local health systems, faster vaccine trial-to-deployment pipelines, and sustained international funding for outbreak preparedness.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
An experimental vaccine is currently being trialled amid an active Ebola outbreak in:
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- South Sudan
- Democratic Republic of Congo
उत्तर पहा
उत्तर: D — Correct: Democratic Republic of Congo — an experimental Ebola vaccine is being tested there amid an ongoing outbreak. • Nigeria — wrong: not the outbreak zone. • Kenya — wrong: not the outbreak zone. • South Sudan — wrong: not the outbreak zone.
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