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Graphic Warnings: Ebola Posters Keep The Virus On People's Minds
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton August 11, 2014
The campaign is called "Kick Back Ebola." But the posters pack a punch.
Sierra Leone has reported over 700 suspected Ebola cases, more than any other country this year. To help stop the outbreak, health workers have put up Ebola awareness signs all over Sierra Leone's seaside capital of Freetown.
Posters are pasted on hospital walls and outside clinics. Banners flutter along main streets. The goal of the campaign is to keep the reality of Ebola ? and how to detect it ? very much alive in people's minds.
To learn more about what the posters mean, and why they're needed, NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton talked to Dr. Amadu Sesay, the Medical Superintendent at the Kingharman Road Government Hospital in Freetown.
Their conversation has been edited for clarity...
Graphic Warnings: Ebola Posters Keep The Virus On People's Minds
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton August 11, 2014
The campaign is called "Kick Back Ebola." But the posters pack a punch.
Sierra Leone has reported over 700 suspected Ebola cases, more than any other country this year. To help stop the outbreak, health workers have put up Ebola awareness signs all over Sierra Leone's seaside capital of Freetown.
Posters are pasted on hospital walls and outside clinics. Banners flutter along main streets. The goal of the campaign is to keep the reality of Ebola ? and how to detect it ? very much alive in people's minds.
To learn more about what the posters mean, and why they're needed, NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton talked to Dr. Amadu Sesay, the Medical Superintendent at the Kingharman Road Government Hospital in Freetown.
Their conversation has been edited for clarity...