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Ebola first responders: Working to stop a global health crisis

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Ebola first responders: Working to stop a global health crisis
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Carmen Yip is working as a nurse in the IRC's Ebola isolation unit in Bo, Sierra Leone.
“If we’re going to stop [Ebola] from coming to Canada, we should stop it from its source.”

- Carmen Yip

Name: Carmen Yip
From: Toronto, Canada
Working in: Bo, Sierra Leone
Job: Isolation unit nurse with the International Rescue Committee

What she does:

"As a nurse, I’ll be supervising the local staff making sure they keep themselves safe. I’ll be doing some bedside care keeping patients calm and the units running smoothly."

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