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African diaspora gives back from afar
How Africans in U.S. are fighting ebola in their home countries
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In this file photo taken Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, a health worker, right, briefs another, left, on the use of their Ebola security gear before working with diseased Fanta Kone at a Ebola virus center in Kayes, Mali. The last Ebola patient being treated in Mali has survived the disease and been released, the Health Ministry said Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. - photo by Associated Press
The idea came to TMS Ruge one evening in September while at home in New York, skimming Twitter for stories on Ebola. A native of Uganda who grew up in East Africa and the U.S., Ruge was struck that much of the coverage depicted Africans only as victims. Little mention was made of their potential role in wiping out the deadly epidemic.
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