Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, at the start of the North Carolina-based humanitarian organization’s new documentary, “Facing Darkness,” which details the harrowing story of Dr. Kent Brantly’s medical ministry with Samaritan’s Purse in Liberia, his being diagnosed with Ebola and his miraculous recovery. Ebola is a virus that leads to severe bleeding and organ failure and is often a death sentence for its victims. The most recent outbreak of the deadly virus, which is spread easily by human contact, impacted Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. It began in 2013 in Meliandou, a small, isolated village in Guinea with only 31 households, according to the WHO. READ MORE OF THIS REPORTSOURCE: News Now / The Blaze Online(Visited 13 times, 13 visits today)Commentscomments

Source: GNN Liberia February 24, 2017 09:12 UTC