AUDIO: Doctor on hopes for Ebola vaccine

The doctor who spearheaded the fight against Ebola has died after becoming infected from treating patients. Shortly before his death Dr Khan spoke to the BBC's Umaru Fofana.

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WHO spokeswoman Dr Margaret Harris had a shot of the experimental Ebola vaccine last week and tells the BBC about her experience.

Early trials in Uganda reveal an experimental Ebola vaccine is as safe in African populations as it is in American populations.

Vaccinated monkeys have developed "long-term" immunity to the Ebola virus raising the prospect of successful human trials, say scientists.

Canada says it will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa.

The doctors choosing to test new vaccine for deadly virus

Scientists at Oxford University have begun immunising healthy volunteers with a new Ebola vaccine