More than a year after the Ebola outbreak struck in Sierra Leone, the majority of Ebola survivors are now faced with health and mental challenges that threaten their livelihoods.
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While Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone are indeed relieved to have survived the worst Ebola epidemic in history, where of the more than 14,000 who were infected, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, nearly 4,000 succumbed to the disease in the West African nation, a number of challenges are cropping up, proving that the fight isn’t over.
According to Doctors Without Borders, 80 percent of survivors in Sierra Leone are struggling to manage joint pain and fatigue.
An even more worrisome post-Ebola complication, though, is the loss of eyesight: Ebola can remain in the eyeball liquid of survivors after recovery, making eyes both painful and blind.
Then there is the psychological hurdle: With so many survivors living their daily lives without loved ones, being a survivor is bittersweet.
In the below video, one woman describes life without her three brothers while another shares her experience of trying to reclaim her eyesight:
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YEAH! THIS IS THE WORK OF THE EUROPEANS JUST TO WIPE OUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT! AND IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN! THEY SHOULD WAITE WHAT IS COMING IS FOR THEM!THEY WILL RATHER DIED LIKE ANIMALS ANS NON OF THEM WILL SURVIVE!!!
Courtesy of American medication. What did those guys expect? With a laboratory ebola, did those people really think life was just going to be normal and happily after?
Firstly, now they have a permanent ebola in the region ; they will continue having recurring cases and several resistant strain s are yet to develop
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