Augustine Goba interview and PDF transcript

[00:00:00] Talks about growing up near Kenema, Sierra Leone, educational background, laboratory technician on Lassa fever with CDC from 1989. [00:02:20] Civil War, moving to Freetown, Lassa Fever work in Guinea, laboratory technical advisor for Mano River Union Lassa Fever Network, Lassa fever work, testing for Lassa fever, diamond mining areas. [00:18:00] Attending workshop with Dr Khan (Dr Sheik Umar Khan) Feb [2014]. [00:20:30] Testing blood samples for Lassa fever and Ebola. [00:22:40] 25th May first positive Ebola blood sample. [00:25:00] Wearing PPE in the lab. [00:26:00] Positive Ebola case in the maternity ward, Ebola patients fleeing hospital. [00:29:00] Talks about Dr Khan, implementing Ebola training for healthcare staff. [00:32:00] talks about Dr Khan and other staff being diagnosed with Ebola, how they reacted. [00:35:00] The process of diagnosing people with Ebola, Dr Khan getting Ebola and going to hospital at Kailahun, case fatality rates at different hospitals. [00:39:15] Deaths of colleagues from Ebola, private Ebola clinics/laboratories. [00:43:00] Working and travelling with Dr Khan. [00:45:25] Working with CDC, Ebola and Lassa fever testing. [00:49:20] Failures during Ebola outbreak, what could be done better in the future. [00:51:50] Ebola panic and conspiracy theories, colleagues dying from Ebola, personal fears of Ebola. [00:56:26] End of Interview.

06/03/2015

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