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Ebola Vaccine trial: Afia schwarzenegger blasts FDA

Afia Schwarz Afia_schwarzeneggar

Fri, 12 Jun 2015 Source: pulse.com.gh

Controversial radio and television personality, Afia Schwarzenegger has chastised the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for ordering Aflao to be used as the venue for the trial of a new vaccine.

The FDA officially gave an international pharmaceutical company the approval to commence Ebola vaccine trials in the country.

However, after several concerns raised by the citizenry, the Ministry of Health suspended the planned Ebola vaccine trials which was to take place at Hohoe in the Volta Region.

Afia Schwarzenegger in a Facebook post questioned why the FDA would not test monkeys with the vaccine instead of humans.

see her post below:

Good morning Food and Drugs Authority you banned all celebrities from advertising alcoholic beverages on "Moral grounds...

Posted by Afia Schwarzenegger on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Source: pulse.com.gh