Ebola vaccine proves effective as global threat continues

Health Report - Separate stories podcast

As Ebola continues to be a global threat, a major review into the real-world effectiveness of the Ebola vaccine offers some reassuring results.

Guest

• Dr Sophie Meakin is an epidemiologist with Epicentre, the epidemiology and medical research arm of Médecins Sans Frontières

References

• Effectiveness of rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination during the 2018–20 Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective test-negative study | The Lancet