title: Working on the front line.
abstract: On 23 March 2014, the World Health Organization confirmed an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Guinea. By August 2014, a delayed international response resulted in an unprecedented humanitarian emergency occurring in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In this outbreak, over 26,000 people have been infected with Ebola virus and more than 10,000 have died. Médecins Sans Frontières led the emergency response on the ground treating over 5,000 confirmed cases of Ebola. This article reflects on challenges faced working in an Ebola treatment centre and what future research may offer.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, and medical doctor, Médecins Sans Frontières, Ebola Treatment Centre, Kailahun, Sierra Leone drgeraldineohara@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: O'Hara
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Ebola; MSF; Sierra Leone; West Africa; aid work