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MEDICAL: DISEASES: EBOLA VIRUS :
AFRICA :
VOLUNTEERS :
COUNTRIES: SIERRA LEONE:
The Unsung Heroes in the Fight Against Ebola
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The Unsung Heroes in the Fight Against Ebola
Local volunteers are at the forefront of the struggle to stop Ebola in
Sierra Leone. They inform the public about ways to avoid the virus,
counsel survivors and reach out to orphans - even though cases are
declining.
18.05.2015
DW
http://www.dw.de/the-unsung-heroes-in-the-fight-against-ebola/a-18457089
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Keeping people alert
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Today's destination is Komende Lyama village, a 40-minute drive from
Kenema. It's nothing more than a collection of brown mud houses, covered
with corrugated iron sheets, tucked away between green palm trees and
fields.
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In 2014, this was one of the hotspots of the Ebola disease. More than 42
villagers got Ebola and only 13 of them survived. For months, Komende
Luyama was under quarantine. Soldiers stopped the villagers from leaving
so that they could not spread the virus. And whoever could, avoided the
village. Hallie James and his colleagues did not. They still visited the
village, sometimes two times a week, to inform the residents about the
best ways to avoid Ebola.
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"The people used to fear to send Ebola cases to the health facilities,
because they regarded the health facility as a threat, a place where you
actually could get Ebola. But through our social mobilization people have
accepted that they can go to the health facility and that is why this area
is very pure and peaceful today," Hallie James explains. In the meantime,
the first villagers start to gather around the volunteers.
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'Eradicate Ebola once and for all'
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The volunteers still come here two to three times a month, reminding the
people not to bury their dead and to refer all suspected Ebola cases to a
health center. "We want to fight and eradicate Ebola once and for all in
our nation," explains Hallie James.
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His volunteers do what they can: Although the sun burns down from the blue
sky, they put on a passionate one hour program. Songs, speeches and even a
short play - two volunteers bring a bucket, water and soap in front of the
villagers and show in slow motion the appropriate way to wash hands. At
the end, one volunteer says prayers for the dead.
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The villagers are more interested in other issues than Ebola prevention. A
farmer complains that he needs tools and seeds. Another asks when the
village primary school will be completed - work had to stop because the
workers could not go to the village because of the Ebola outbreak. The
volunteers take notes and promise to present the villagers' grievances to
the local Ebola response comitee. But they can only hope that someone will
act.
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"This is where the Ebola outbreak started," says Christine Akopome, one of
the volunteers. She points to a small white house in the distance. The
wooden window blinds are closed. "A lady came here who was affected by
Ebola, but the people did not recognize that it was Ebola. When she died,
they washed the body and buried her. So the people who washed and buried
her developed Ebola and died."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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