Dozens of survivors are providing care - and much-needed human contact - to some of the littlest victims of the second-worst Ebola epidemic on record by alessaprentice
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo - Wearing a disposable gown and gloves for protection, Jeanine Masika cradles a 2-year-old Ebola patient and offers the listless toddler teaspoons of brown soup.
But Masika has antibodies in her system after she won her own battle against Ebola last year, and she now has immunity. The outbreak is surpassed only by one in West Africa in 2013-16, which is believed to have killed more than 11,000 people.“It was as if Ebola had chosen my family,” she said. When Reuters visited in late March, Masika was spending most of her time in a clear plastic isolation cube. She rocked and fanned Furaha, a little girl who rarely stirred or cried. The cubes allow patients to see relatives during treatment, albeit through thick plastic walls.
More than two out of every three children sickened in this outbreak have died, according to WHO figures. Others were orphaned or left on their own when their parents went into treatment.
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