Sometimes described as disease detectives, epidemiologists play a crucial role in every outbreak. "Our job is to find every single link. We need to find out who infected whom, how, and where" says Dr Katrina Roper, a WHO epidemiologist working in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Today more WHO outbreak responders are working at the community level in West Africa than at any other point in the epidemic. People like Dr Roper and her colleagues will continue walking every mile, reaching every corner and doing what is needed to bring the #Ebola outbreak to an end.
We followed Dr Roper for a full day as she tracked the virus in the streets, alleys and homes of Freetown, searching every nook and cranny for signs of Ebola http://goo.gl/vJ1HWp
Hunting Ebola: A day in the life of a WHO epidemiologist
Sometimes described as disease detectives, epidemiologists play a crucial role in every outbreak. "Our job is to find every single link. We need to find out who infected whom, how, and where" says Dr Katrina Roper, a WHO epidemiologist working in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Today more WHO outbreak responders are working at the community level in West Africa than at any other point in the epidemic. People like Dr Roper and her colleagues will continue walking every mile, reaching every corner and doing what is needed to bring the #Ebola outbreak to an end.
We followed Dr Roper for a full day as she tracked the virus in the streets, alleys and homes of Freetown, searching every nook and cranny for signs of Ebola http://goo.gl/vJ1HWp
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