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Obituary: Dr Aniru Conteh; Lassa fever specialist who became an icon to relief workers.(Obituaries)
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Byline: Nicholas Mellor
WHEN REBEL forces overran the town of Kenema in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, in February 1997 and then later in 1999, the government buildings were looted and burnt, and most of the government workers fled before them. One exception was the small outlying building beside Kenema Government Hospital. This is the Lassa fever isolation ward - the only such specialist ward in the world, presided over since 1991 by Dr Aniru Conteh.
The notoriety of this killer disease ensured the ward's safety. The modesty of the building - its cement floors are ...
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