Greed of Drug Industry Cited by World Health as Reason for Lack of Ebola Vaccine
by The Daily Eye Team November 6 2014, 7:42 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 27 secs“A profit-driven industry does not invest in products for markets that cannot pay,” she said, according to The New York Times. “WHO has been trying to make this issue visible for ages. Now people can see for themselves.”
Chan has called the Ebola crisis “the most severe acute public health emergency seen in modern times.” Nearly 5,000 people have died from Ebola, according to WHO. More than 13,000 people have contracted it, nearly all of whom have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.