- One of the biggest problems at the moment is the fact that the vaccine is practically rationed by the WHO and that too few people in the risk zone are protected today, says a statement from the aid organization.

Doctors Without Borders requires the establishment of an independent, international committee to oversee how vaccination is handled. About 225,000 people have been vaccinated in the past year, but according to Doctors Without Borders this is not enough.

Strict rules

"Up to 2,000-5,000 people could be vaccinated every day, compared to 50-1,000 at present," says MSF's Isabelle Defourny in the statement.

According to the organization, there is no shortage of vaccines, but distribution is hindered instead by unnecessarily strict rules from the WHO.

The World Health Organization denies that it would restrict access to the vaccine and refers in a statement to the use of a strategy recommended by an independent expert council and agreed with the Congo-Kinshasa government.

New unproven vaccine

WHO has wanted to introduce a new vaccine, developed by Johnson & Johnson, in the fight against Ebola in Congo-Kinshasa. But the country's former health minister, Oly Ilunga Kalenga, who resigned last summer, opposed it. He pointed out, among other things, that it has not yet been tested on a larger scale and that it is difficult to introduce a new product when mistrust of the authorities and myth formation about Ebola is so strong among many in the affected areas.

The vaccine currently used, by the manufacturer Merck, has been tested to a greater extent. It does not have a regular license but has a special permit to use in affected areas.

Over 2,000 people have so far died in Congo-Kinshasa this year due to Ebola.