Sierra Leone
The Ebola Crisis, October 2015
By October 2015, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was nearly over. Nearly 12000 people had died throughout the region. For the survivors of the virus, and the families left behind, the long term effects of the outbreak were only just starting to emerge.
Members of the Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force (ISAT) from the British military take part in a demonstration of an emergency field Ebola treatment centre that is being handed over to the Sierra Leonean military in Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.The treatment centre has been designed and set up by ISAT and is being handed over to the Sierra Leoneans as their first response to any new Ebola outbreak.
A bucket, containing rubber gloves and sharp materials at the Grey Bush Community Health Centre in Freetown, Sierra Leone Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. Freetown has been at the epi centre of the recent Ebola outbreak that has so far claimed over 4000 lives in Sierra Leone, with a total of 11300 deaths in West Africa.- Isatu B (R) who is 33, and her younger cousin Emma, who is 13, pose for a photograph with certificates that show that they have survived Ebola in the Magazine Wharf area of Freetown, Sierra Leone Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Emma and Isatu lost both of their parents in the recent Ebola outbreak. Magazine Wharf has been at the epi centre of the recent Ebola outbreak in Freetown that has so far claimed over 4000 lives in Sierra Leone, with a total of 11300 deaths in West Africa.
- A woman smokes fish by the seaside in the Magazine Wharf area of Freetown, Sierra Leone Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Magazine Wharf is a densely populated area of Freetown in which over forty people died in the recent Ebola outbreak that claimed over 11,000 lives in West Africa.
- Children play beside a waterway that is choked with rubbish in the Magazine Wharf area of Freetown, Sierra Leone Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015. Magazine Wharf has been at the epi centre of the recent Ebola outbreak in Freetown that has so far claimed over 4000 lives in Sierra Leone, with a total of 11300 deaths in West Africa.
- Aisha Mansaray, (R) and her son, Mohammed Kamau, 13 years old, hold up a photograph of their husband/father who died of Ebola next to the grave he is buried in near Bandafayeh Village, Sierra Leone Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. He died after travelling to see his wife and son and infected three other people in the village who attended his funeral. The family are still suffering from stigma associated with his death. Action Aid Sierra Leone has been working throughout Kono to sensitise people to the dangers of Ebola and what preventative measures they can take to not get the virus. So far 3952 people in Sierra Leone have died of Ebola and 13541 people have been infected.
- Sergent Solomon Kamara, who is part of the Joint Inter Agency Task Force ( JIATF) walks down a line of children's graves in the King Tom Cemetery in Freetown, Sierra Leone Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Freetown has been at the epi centre of the recent Ebola outbreak in Freetown that has so far claimed over 4000 lives in Sierra Leone, with a total of 11300 deaths in West Africa.
- A young boy poses for a photograph with his mother in the quarantine area at the PTS 1 Ebola Treatment Centre outside of Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. PTS1 stands for Police Training Site and was converted into being an Ebola treatment centre during the height of the crisis. Although it no longer has an Ebola patients there are nearly 20 people who are currently in Quarantine with other suspected illnesses who can't be moved on to other healthcare institutions until they have been tested negative for Ebola.
- A Safe Burial team buries a body watched on by members of the Joint Inter Agency Task Force (JIATF) from the British Military in a graveyard in Freetown, Sierra Leone Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. All burials in Sierra Leone are now undertaken by Safe Burial teams to minimise the potential spread of Ebola. Over 4000 people in Sierra Leone have died of Ebola and over 11000 people have died throughout the region.
- Members of the Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force (ISAT) from the British military take part in a demonstration of an emergency field Ebola treatment centre that is being handed over to the Sierra Leonean military in Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.The treatment centre has been designed and set up by ISAT and is being handed over to the Sierra Leoneans as their first response to any new Ebola outbreak.
- Members of the Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force (ISAT) from the British military take part in a demonstration of an emergency field Ebola treatment centre that is being handed over to the Sierra Leonean military in Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.The treatment centre has been designed and set up by ISAT and is being handed over to the Sierra Leoneans as their first response to any new Ebola outbreak.
- Members of the Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force (ISAT) from the British military take part in a demonstration of an emergency field Ebola treatment centre that is being handed over to the Sierra Leonean military in Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.The treatment centre has been designed and set up by ISAT and is being handed over to the Sierra Leoneans as their first response to any new Ebola outbreak.
- Members of the Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force (ISAT) from the British military take part in a demonstration of an emergency field Ebola treatment centre that is being handed over to the Sierra Leonean military in Freetown, Sierra Leone Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015.The treatment centre has been designed and set up by ISAT and is being handed over to the Sierra Leoneans as their first response to any new Ebola outbreak.
- A Safe Burial team buries a body watched on by members of the Joint Inter Agency Task Force (JIATF) from the British Military in a graveyard in Freetown, Sierra Leone Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. All burials in Sierra Leone are now undertaken by Safe Burial teams to minimise the potential spread of Ebola. Over 4000 people in Sierra Leone have died of Ebola and over 11000 people have died throughout the region.
- Kadiatu Bangora, who is 22 years old, poses for a photograph with her baby at the road side food stall she runs with her mothers in the Gloucester area in Freetown, Sierra Leone Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Kadiatu's school was closed down during the Ebola crisis, and her father became sick. So she agreed to sleep with a man who would pay her enough money to pay for her fathers medical treatment. As a result she got pregnant. She is unable to return to school as her father died and there is nobody to pay her school fees.
