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A portrait of Midwife Flowa Houldsworth, from Bishops Tawton near Barnstable North Devon. She works in the Doctors without Borders ETU with pregnant mothers who have Ebola. Liberia has been the hardest hit by the epidemic, with 2,458 deaths out of 4,249 cases, about half the global total, according to World Health Organization figures.
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Lassana Gabana, a 35-year-old Ebola survivor turned social worker talks to patients and provides comfort. The World Health Organization says that more than 4,500 people have died due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with a 70 percent mortality rate for those infected with the virus.
Ebola Warriors
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Alphonso, a 20-year-old hygenist had to convince his grandmother to let him work at the ETU. "I said if my fellow Liberians are getting sick, and I have the experience to help, if I don't go to help, it will be death for everybody". The World Health Organization says that more than 4,500 people have died due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with a 70 percent mortality rate for those infected with the virus.
Ebola Warriors
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Baeyan Kennedy, a 32-year-old nurse, also works at the ETU. He came from a suburb in Montserrado County to Monrovia to work at MSF. The World Health Organization says that more than 4,500 people have died due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with a 70 percent mortality rate for those infected with the virus.
Ebola Warriors
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A 25-year-old nurse from Belgium, "I like adventures, I like being a nurse, I like to travel and experience people, and I worked in a hospital where [people] were coming in but not really sick". The World Health Organization says that more than 4,500 people have died due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with a 70 percent mortality rate for those infected with the virus.
Ebola Warriors
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A 31-year-old physician assistant, who has been with MSF since March. "The physician assistant's association said we need volunteers, I decided I would go". The World Health Organization says that more than 4,500 people have died due to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa with a 70 percent mortality rate for those infected with the virus.
Ebola Warriors
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