Musa Sangarie

Yeah, absolutely.

I think journalists can report safely in the midst of an epidemic.

But I think the key aspect here is providing them the basic knowledge and training in terms of keeping themselves safe.

At the end of the day, they also get infected, which can also increase the risk in terms of reporting on epidemics.

Yeah, I think that was something very interesting.

I'm a

in terms of the response in Sierra Leone at the time, because one thing that we noticed was the fact that increased knowledge and awareness about the virus does not necessarily translate to action.

So you might meet people who understand the symptoms of the virus and all the sciences behind it, but at the end of the day, they are not taking action in terms of protecting themselves, their loved ones,

families and communities so we came up with mr plan plan from the point of view that how could we inspire behavior change and action so this short drama series is more or less like creating conversations at individual and community level household level for people to have a plan

In a situation where if there is an outbreak of Ebola, either in your community or your household, what are some of the practical steps you are expected to take?

So you don't have to wait until the virus comes.

You need to have conversation at the household level.

To say, for example, if my son falls ill,

I mean, there might be doubt whether this person has been infected with Ebola, whether this person is ill with malaria, because the symptoms are similar.

And there is always this urge and tendency for you to touch a sick person, for you to care for the person.

So you are faced with this dilemma.

So we create this drama for people to start asking these difficult questions.

How do we isolate, you know, sick people?

You know, how do we call for help?

So once you start having these conversations and you have a plan when such situations happen, because we have to consider the fact that we are also operating in a context and an environment where the healthcare system is very, very overstretched.