Gallery: How Ebola Healthcare Workers Get Dressed
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Thelma Kaime, age 36, gets ready to suit up and go into an isolation ward for Ebola patients in Monrovia, Liberia. She says loves working there because she saves lives.
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Kaime puts on rubber gloves as the first step.
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Next, Kaime puts on the pants of a Tyvek suit.
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Next Kaime puts on rubber boots.
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Kaime used to work at a hospital in a rural area of a country before taking a job as a health promoter at an NGO and then coming to work in an Ebola ward in Monrovia.
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Kaime lives in Paynseville, an area of Monrovia that has many cases of Ebola. She worries for her children and tells them that they need to play alone right now.
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Kaime wears a face mask, goggles, and hair net.
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The hood of the suit goes up next.
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Kaime then puts on an additional, larger hood on top.
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As the final step, Kaime puts on an apron and an extra pair of gloves.
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Mark Nyenti, a member of a burial team prepares to collect a body in New Kru Town, a suburb of Monrovia.
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Nyenti puts on gloves and boots as a first step.
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Then Nyenti puts on his mask.
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A full-body Tyvek goes over Nyenti's scrubs.
