Ebola Stigma Adds Burden as Survivors Face Long Recovery
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Survivors of Ebola face stigma, suspicion and the potential for side effects as they work back from the ravages of a deadly disease racing through West Africa.
“Many of our neighbors won’t come to our house now,” said Fudia Sesay, 49, of Sierra Leone, who was released from a treatment center last month. “My friends don’t visit, thinking that if they come near our house, they’ll catch the virus.”