Ebola – a different kind of enemy

The Ebola epidemic brought a different kind of crisis to Liberia. Schools closed, hospitals became places of fear, physical contact became dangerous and even the familiar Liberian handshake had to disappear.

Aaron remembers living and working through the epidemic, using radio to get information and education to communities and children confined to their homes.

Then the conversation becomes personal. Aaron recalls the death of his mother from a heart attack during the epidemic — and the hours his family spent trying to find a hospital willing to examine her.

A conversation about Ebola, fear, public health and the human consequences of an invisible enemy.

A companion to Episode 17, our conversation about Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her presidency.

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