Fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone: a view from the frontline

The largest and most complex Ebola epidemic in history is believed to have started with the infection of a 2-year-old boy in South-eastern Guinea in late 2013. Within a year, thousands of children and their families had contracted the virus, many had died and many more were orphaned. We reflect on o...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2016-03, Vol.101 (3), p.284-286
Main Authors: Owens, Stephen, Leyland, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Children
Disease Outbreaks
Ebola virus
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - therapy
Humans
Municipalities
Narcotics
Patients
Personal protective equipment
Prevention
Risk factors
Sierra Leone - epidemiology
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Summary:The largest and most complex Ebola epidemic in history is believed to have started with the infection of a 2-year-old boy in South-eastern Guinea in late 2013. Within a year, thousands of children and their families had contracted the virus, many had died and many more were orphaned. We reflect on our experiences of volunteering at the Kerry Town Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone between January and February 2015, where we were deployed to care for just a few of these children as part of the Save The Children team.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2015-308330