On Ebola’s frontline, survivors offer friendship to sick children
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Jerkis Mahamba is one of a growing number of Ebola survivors in Congo who, with immunity from the strain currently spreading through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, found a calling at the bedside of sick children battling the often-fatal disease in isolation wards.
Mahamba caught the highly infectious disease himself in September and recovered after 18 days of treatment at the same center.
Congo has recorded more than 10,000 Ebola infections since the outbreak was declared in May, and more than 5,100 deaths, making it the second-largest on record.
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Mahamba caught the highly infectious disease himself in September and recovered after 18 days of treatment at the same center.
Congo has recorded more than 10,000 Ebola infections since the outbreak was declared in May, and more than 5,100 deaths, making it the second-largest on record.
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