Horizon

Ebola - The search for a cure

Directed by Guy Smith
TV-PG
S52 • E5    Sep 9, 2014    60m
7.7
The Ebola virus. No-one knows exactly where it comes from but one thing is certain - it's one of the most virulent infections known to science. This special episode of Horizon meets the scientists and doctors from all around the world looking for the cure and hears first-hand accounts of what it's actually like to catch - and survive - this terrible disease.

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  • Caroline CatzSelf - Narrator
  • Charles ArntzenSelf - Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
  • Kilame BenjaminSelf - Ebola survivor
  • Kent BrantlySelf
  • Tim BrooksSelf - Head of Rare and Imported Pathogens, Public Health England
  • Inger DamonSelf - Incident Manager, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • John M. DyeSelf - Viral Immunology Branch Chief, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
  • John FankhauserSelf - Deputy Medical Director, ELWA Hospital
  • Michael JacobsSelf - Consultant in Infectious Diseases, The Royal Free Hospital
  • Lisa JamesonSelf - Research Fellow, Public Health England
  • Gary KobingerSelf - Head of Special Pathogens, National Microbiology Laboratory, Canada
  • Leslie LobelSelf - Ben Gurion University of the Negev
  • Julius LutwamaSelf - Uganda Virus Research Institute
  • Aneesh MehtaSelf - Emory University School of Medicine
  • Abraham Lincoln OchoraSelf - Ebola survivor
  • Walter OdongSelf - Ebola survivor
  • Caroline OttoSelf - Ebola survivor
  • Peter PiotSelf - Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Will PooleySelf - Volunteer nurse
  • Sandra SmileySelf - Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Cokie Van Der VeldeSelf - Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Guy SmithDirector / Producer

 

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