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The fight against Ebola

News from Sierra Leone: the front line in the fight against Ebola.
17 November 2014
Presented by Chris Smith. 

Ebola quarantine, Sierra Leone

As one of the Ebola epicentres, the district of Kailahun, in eastern Sierra Leone bordering Guinea, was put under quarantine.
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CC BY-NC-ND - EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
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Marie Blackman Northwood is a biomedical scientists normally based in Cambridge,who is currently in Sierra Leone, lending her hand to the fight against Ebola. She spoke to Chris Smith about her experiences.

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