Virus survivors fight stigma via mobile app

Ebola survivors in the three West African countries worst hit by the epidemic will share their stories through a mobile application to be launched on Monday, in a UNICEF-backed campaign to inform and fight stigma around the disease.

The Ebola outbreak, the worst on record of the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, has killed over 7,900 people with more than 20,000 cases recorded, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, according to the World Health Organization.

Although many people have survived the disease, they still face rejection and stigma from their communities, while the virus continues to spread due to lack of information and denial, according to the WHO and other health organizations.