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The west africa outbreak tag covers the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, focusing on Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. Discussions include the deployment of Ethiopian and Nigerian health workers to fight the disease, experimental serum therapy using blood from survivors, and the social stigma faced by Ebola survivors who are often shunned by their communities. The outbreak resulted in thousands of deaths and highlighted weaknesses in regional healthcare systems.
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    NEWS Ethiopians arrive in W Africa to fight Ebola

    Almost 200 Ethiopian health workers have arrived in West Africa to bolster the response to Ebola, a disease that has ravaged weak health care systems and killed more than 300 medical staff. The African Union (AU) Link Removed that the Ethiopian government sent a total of 187 personnel to the...
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    NEWS Ebola serum supply reaches Liberia

    Liberia has begun treating Ebola patients with serum therapy - a treatment made from the blood of recovered survivors. Doctors hope the experimental treatment could help combat the virus that has been sweeping West Africa and killing thousands of people. Up to 13 December, 6,841 people had been...
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    NEWS They survived Ebola only to become social outcasts

    MONROVIA, Liberia — Landlords won't rent to them. Employers won't hire them. Taxi drivers won't give them a lift. Barber shops refuse to cut their hair without gloves. They are Ebola survivors. In one place where they are desperately needed as workers, Ebola treatment clinics, many survivors...
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