An Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone was declared over on November 7, 2015, but in neighboring Guinea, people are still being infected by the disease, which has claimed more than 11,000 lives in West Africa. Despite the unprecedented scale of the epidemic, there is still much that is unknown about Ebola. How long does the virus survive? Could Ebola become endemic in the region? What medical challenges do survivors face? Here, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) public health specialist Dr.
Armand Sprecher provides some answers. Why is Ebola still a danger in West Africa? The Ebola outbreak has been declared over in Sierra Leone, but there are still new cases in Guinea. Three new patients (including a pregnant woman) were admitted to MSF’s Ebola management center in the capital, Conakry, two weeks ago, and a baby was born with the disease—and is still alive. Two of our…
