Ebola Survivors Clinic in Nongo, Conakry

Before the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak ravaged West Africa, little was known about the possible medical and psychological consequences of beating the deadly virus because only a small number of people had ever survived the disease. But the unprecedented scale of the last epidemic revealed a profound and unfulfilled, need for medical and psychological follow-up care for survivors. More than 28,700 people contracted the virus and today there are more than 10,000 Ebola survivors in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. To respond to the needs, MSF set up specialised survivor clinics in the three countries between January until September 2016.
In Guinea alone, during a nine month project, MSF teams conducted 1850 medical and close to 1000 psychological consultations for survivors and other people indirectly affected by the outbreak, such as victims’ family members and health professionals. It closed in September because the medical consequences of Ebola – mostly ophthalmological and neurological problems – have disappeared in survivors, and psychological support is now being provided by other organisations.

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