13. Conclusion

Following the devastating 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak, more concerted efforts have been put in place to improve on the management of the disease. More especially, three rapid diagnostic kits which includes ReEBOV, OraQuick and SD Q Line Ebola Zaire Ag RDTs have been approved by FDA and WHO on EUA status to overcome the urgency of prompt diagnosis during outbreaks and make routine screening cost-effective and available in the field as well as in local health settings. More so, several experimental drugs such as ZMapp, favipiravir, BCX4430, etc. and vaccines such as rAd5, rAd26, rAd35, ChAd3, rVSV, etc. are undergoing randomized clinical trials across the world with a few currently at phase III. Recently, an experimental rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine which was effective at the 2014 West Africa outbreak is been deployed for the present 2018 Ebola outbreak in DRC. Concerted effort is therefore needed from regularly bodies such as FDA, international organization such as WHO, UN, etc., pharmaceutical companies, as well as stakeholders to make available funds for research to improve on the existing experimental drugs and vaccine candidates as well as rapid diagnostic tools. Thus, it is our hope that most of these experimental drugs and vaccines will be available in future to help control the disease and better manage re-emerging Ebola infections or outbreaks across the world.
