Israeli Experts Fight Ebola in Sierra Leone

(Ynet News) Sarit Rosenblum and Smadar Shir - Yotam Politzer, an emissary in Sierra Leone for IsraAID, walks around with a thermometer in his bag and takes his temperature three times a day. Navonel Glick is also from IsraAID. Dr. Yaron Wolman is head of Child Survival and Development for UNICEF in Sierra Leone. The three Israelis in the heart of the area affected by Ebola are part of a broad multinational force mobilized to help prevent the spread of the disease. Dr. Wolman says, "Everything you see in Hollywood movies about epidemics that wipe out the world is taking shape right before our eyes. Our war aims to prevent the eradication of entire communities."


2014-11-20 00:00:00

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