Alex Thomson
Ebola: ‘The next four weeks are critical here in Freetown’
Alex Thomson reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone, where there is no ebola hospital. The coming weeks are “critical”, the Red Cross says.
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Alex Thomson
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Migrants spark Ebola fears at Canary Islands nudist beach
A boat of immigrants from Sierra Leone sparks Ebola fears in Gran Canaria after arriving on a nudist beach.
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Why is the Ebola crisis TV appeal so significant?
The Disasters Emergency Committee is launching a major television appeal over the Ebola crisis, the first time it is calling for donations in response to a disease outbreak.
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Workers returning from west Africa are heroes
Dr Raj Shah, the administrator of the US Agency for International Development, tells Channel 4 News that he witnessed tragedy and resilience when he visited west African countries hit by Ebola.
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Response to Ebola crisis abroad faces growing criticism
The US ambassador to the United Nations condemns countries which promised support but failed to stop the spread of Ebola across west Africa.
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At the sharp end of Sierra Leone’s Ebola battle
Tom Clarke visits Freetown in Sierra Leone, where every 10 cases of Ebola infection lead to 17 more. Are community care units the answer?
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Ebola stigma: ‘We’re all affected, but we’re not infected’
Liberian Shoana Solomon, who launched a campaign to improve public awareness after facing Ebola stigma in the USA, tells Channel 4 News “there’s a human face here”.
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Ebola survivors shunned by communities in fear
The overwhelming joy of Ebola survivors is being undermined by the stigma they face in the communities they return to. Science Editor Tom Clarke reports from Sierra Leone on the cruelty of Ebola.
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Ebola: Commonwealth athletes fight for right to remain in UK
With Ebola ravaging their nation, 26 of the Commonwealth Games boxing squad from Sierra Leone are begging the UK government to let them stay. They tell Jonathan Miller about their plight.
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On the Ebola frontline in Sierra Leone
In some neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Freetown, Ebola orphans are left to fend for themselves while ambulances can’t respond to Ebola calls. Science Editor Tom Clarke reports from Crab Town.
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Adate, aged 10 – orphaned by Ebola, abandoned by neighbours
Adate, a young boy from Freetown, Sierra Leone, has lost his mother, his father and his sister to Ebola in the past week. Now neighbours shun him, fearing he also carries the virus.
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This hero doctor died helping to make Nigeria Ebola free
Nigeria has today been declared Ebola free by the World Health Organisation. The country’s swift reaction has saved many lives, but could not help the doctor who stemmed the outbreak.
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Ebola apocalypse – and how US ‘preppers’ plan to survive
In Monrovia they get their Ebola information from makeshift chalkboards. In the US, survivalists are all over the internet, advising readers how to live through the forthcoming apocalypse.
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‘This is a generation of doctors you won’t get back’
Dr Louisa Baxter, who has worked with Ebola victims in Liberia and Sierra Leone for Save the Children, tells Channel 4 News about her work there.
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Burying the Ebola dead in Sierra Leone
There is no panic: but the word ‘Ebola’ is everywhere – Channel 4 News Science Editor Tom Clarke reports from Sierra Leone in the heart of Ebola zone.
