Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has criticised the lack of investment in developing a vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, nearly two decades after the virus was first identified in Uganda.

The agency's Director-General, Jean Kaseya, said the absence of an approved vaccine reflected the international community's failure to prioritise diseases largely affecting African countries.

Speaking on Channels Television's The Morning Brief on Thursday, Mr Kaseya argued that the situation would have been different if outbreaks of the disease had occurred in Western countries.

"If this outbreak was in Western countries, vaccines will already be available," he said.

Mr Kaseya said t...