Ebola fighter, Time person of the year, dies in childbirth stat : starrfmonline

The biggest problem facing Ebola survivors remains stigmatisation. The Liberian government has confirmed the death in childbirth of a nursing assistant who was among those named Person of the Year by Time magazine in 2014 for helping to fight the Ebola outbreak. Ms Karwah contracted Ebola but recovered, making her immune to the illness. She went on to become a nurse and treat others suffering from Ebola. More than 4,000 died in Liberia during the West Africa Ebola outbreak from 2014-2015.




She was named Time magazine's Person of The Year in 2014 for being at the forefront of the fight against Ebola. The West African country of Liberia is mourning the death of its biggest Ebola fighter, Salome Karwah. But a distraught Salome joined the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) team in the country as a volunteer nurse to help fight Ebola. Tolbert who is currently the head of the country's newly established National Public Health Institute said it was unfortunate that a person who have survived Ebola should die from childbirth in a major hospital. The Ebola epidemic hit West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, killing lots of people and resulting in a shutdown of most communities.





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