EBOLA Sierra Leone Kailahun

The largest Ebola outbreak in history has already claimed more than 1,400 lives, with more than 2,600 people being infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone since it was first detected in March 2014. This was the first time Ebola had ever been seen in the region and people have been understandably very afraid of this new disease. For most, Ebola means only death. While there is no specific treatment or vaccine for Ebola that has proven efficacy in humans and is registered for use in patients, supportive treatment can help patients survive longer, and that extra time may be what their immune system needs to start fighting the virus. More than 170 of MSF’s patients have already completely recovered from the disease, walking out from our Ebola management centres and going back to their communities. These are some of the survivors’ stories from MSF’s centre in Kailahun.

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