Ebola Frontline

Synopsis: The documentary confronts the key issues in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus, giving a firsthand view of its physical and emotional impact on whole families and on the medical staff treating them. With specially adapted cameras attached to their goggles, volunteers from Medécins Sans Frontières - Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) working in the high risk zone of an Ebola Case Management Centre in Sierra Leone give viewers a very real sense of what it’s like on the frontline. Exclusive footage also reveals the medical staff’s frustrations at the lack of support from the international community and pharmaceutical companies in fighting the Ebola virus, which has been responsible for more than 5,000 deaths since the outbreak began.
Series: Panorama
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2014
Year of production: 2014
Notes: Broadcast on BBC1 17 November 2014.
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: ebola virus; international aid

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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