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Figure. Kikyo Health Centre, high in the Rwenzori Mountains overlooking the Democratic Republic of Congo.…
Figure. Kikyo Health Centre, high in the Rwenzori Mountains overlooking the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image by: Christopher Mason
Figure. Isaac Kiiza, a nurse at Kikyo…
Figure. Isaac Kiiza, a nurse at Kikyo Health Centre, was the first health worker to…
Figure. Isaac Kiiza, a nurse at Kikyo Health Centre, was the first health worker to get Ebola. He was asked to take stool samples, without gloves or a mask, from the first patients to come in and became sick shortly afterwards. He survived but the nurse who treated him contracted Ebola and died. Image by: Christopher Mason