A survivor of Ebola in Uganda has told the BBC’s Newsday programme that he and his family were treated like pariahs as they battled the illness.
“Many of our neighbours had rejected us,” he said. “No-one could sit close to you, you could not go to the shops.”
He did not even have the support of his neighbours when members of his family died, he said.
“Imagine losing someone and none of your neighbours could come to check on you, no one even comes to say sorry for your loss.”
The experience was so traumatic, he said, that he felt hopeless: “It got to the point where I was so tired and hated this world.”
On Wednesday, Ugandan officials officially declared the end of their recent Ebola outbreak, after a 42-day period without any new confirmed cases.
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More than 50 people died from the illness in the recent outbreak. Health officials were able to quash the disease by imposing lockdowns in high-incidence areas.
Ebola spreads through bodily fluid and is a deadly illness with a high fatality rate.
SOURCE: BBCNEWS
