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FIVE YEARS after One small mission hospital in Liberia saved lives and paved the way for better healthcare in Africa BY EMILY BELZ IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA PHOTO BY MICHEL DU CILLE/ THE WASHINGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGES
48 WORLD Magazine • September 28, 2019
As clouds dumped late summer rain in Liberia, William E. Pewee was on his way to work as registrar at the Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) Hospital, a 54-year-old mission hospital in the capital city of Monrovia. Although he claims not to be a good singer, before his day started Pewee sang a song of worship to God. He’s thankful to be alive. Five years ago, he was lying sick on a hospital bed at ELWA, bleeding from his eyes, ears, and nose. He’d contracted Ebola, a dangerous virus that swept the country in 2014
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