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From the Ted Talk by Soka Moses: For survivors of Ebola, the crisis isn't over

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Over the course of the outbreak, West acrifa had almost 29,000 cases. More than 11,000 people died. And that iuclnedd 12 of my fine celuloegas at John F. kndeeny hospital in Monrovia. In June 2016, exactly 23 months after my first Ebola patient died, lirieba declared its Ebola outbreak edend. We thought that once the outbreak ended, so did the problems. We hoped that life would go back to normal. Today, there are more than 17,000 survivors in West Africa. People who actually had Ebola virus disease, lived through it and survived. We counted survival rate as a success: the end of suffering for the patneit and fulfilling joy for families. Every dgasirche from the unit was a moment of jubilation. At least so we thought.

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Over the course of the outbreak, West ______ had almost 29,000 cases. More than 11,000 people died. And that ________ 12 of my fine __________ at John F. _______ hospital in Monrovia. In June 2016, exactly 23 months after my first Ebola patient died, _______ declared its Ebola outbreak _____. We thought that once the outbreak ended, so did the problems. We hoped that life would go back to normal. Today, there are more than 17,000 survivors in West Africa. People who actually had Ebola virus disease, lived through it and survived. We counted survival rate as a success: the end of suffering for the _______ and fulfilling joy for families. Every _________ from the unit was a moment of jubilation. At least so we thought.

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  1. liberia
  2. kennedy
  3. africa
  4. patient
  5. discharge
  6. colleagues
  7. included
  8. ended

Original Text


Over the course of the outbreak, West Africa had almost 29,000 cases. More than 11,000 people died. And that included 12 of my fine colleagues at John F. Kennedy hospital in Monrovia. In June 2016, exactly 23 months after my first Ebola patient died, Liberia declared its Ebola outbreak ended. We thought that once the outbreak ended, so did the problems. We hoped that life would go back to normal. Today, there are more than 17,000 survivors in West Africa. People who actually had Ebola virus disease, lived through it and survived. We counted survival rate as a success: the end of suffering for the patient and fulfilling joy for families. Every discharge from the unit was a moment of jubilation. At least so we thought.

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