Celebrating 100th anniversary of CPC | Chinese medical team gives second life to Sierra Leonean girl

Yayuma and the toy panda

In 2014, when Ebola broke out in West Africa, China immediately sent medical teams to affected countries and international organizations, providing biology laboratories and emergency aid equipment. 

Ebola virus made many children orphans. These children are known as "Ebola orphans". Yayuma is one of them. A week after losing her parents, Yayuma was also diagnosed with the virus. When she was sent to the China-Sierra Leone Friendship Hospital for treatment, Jin Bo, head of the Chinese medical team in Sierra Leone, found her condition was extremely critical. The Chinese medical team gave special treatment to the girl, which finally made her temperature gradually return to normal and eased her diarrhea and vomiting symptoms. "Facing such critical disease, it is hard to describe the joy when a doctor sees the patient finally cured," said Jin. 

There are many stories like Yayuma's. The governments and people of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia consider China to be a true friend of the African people.