African Union’s health agency commits to having an Ebola vaccine by the end of the year [SOUND]

# Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention director-general Jean Kaseya says investments in pandemic preparedness must become permanent across the continent. This as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda are battling an Ebola outbreak, with 263 reported cases and 43 confirmed deaths so far. Kaseya says epidemics weaken supply chains, trade, investment, and regional stability. He says they are committed to having a vaccine against the new Ebola strain, Bundibugyo, by the end of the year: