More than 11,000 people died across West Africa. It was the worst outbreak in history as healthcare systems struggled to fight the epidemic.
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Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone, on one organisation that is doing what it can to improve ways to treat the disease.
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![A man in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown is being screened for Ebola [Nina Devries/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201491710463494734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
One of Sierra Leone’s few veterinarians wages an uphill battle against rabies on a shoestring budget.
![The number of unowned dogs in Sierra Leone is estimated to be roughly 250,000 [Nina Devries/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201461785358790734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)