Ebola: A virus that refuses to disappear

By Chioma Obinna
WHEN late Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh insisted that Patrick Sawyer be isolated at a Lagos hospital in July 2014, she was confronting a disease Nigeria had never experienced on that scale. Her decision to trust her clinical judgement, despite the pressure surrounding the patient, became a defining moment in the country’s fight against Ebola.
Adadevoh recognised the danger, alerted the authorities and helped trigger the response that eventually contained the outbreak.
She contracted the virus and died on August 19, 2014. Nigeria recorded 20 Ebola cases and eight deaths during the outbreak. The country was declared free of Ebola transmission by the World Health Organisa...