EBOLA! EBOLA! EBOLA!
Oct-06-2014
Exclusive interview with Dr. Phil Leveque, Forensic Toxicologist and Pharmacologist, on the Ebola Epidemic.
Graphic: WHO
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(PORTLAND, Ore.) - I was there with boots on the ground. In 1968, I was recruited by the University of London to train doctors in east Africa. I taught at the National University in Uganda and the National University in Dar es Salaam for two years.
In addition to that, from my main base in Uganda, which is just about in the center of Africa, right on the Equator, the British medical education system goes like this: 3 months on, teaching, and one month off. That gives three whole months during the year to do anything not necessarily related to my teaching in Uganda or my teaching at Dar es Salaam.
During this time, I decided that I should see as much of the country as possible. This is probably, or it appeared to be, a one-time opportunity to see as much of Africa as I could. So from my base in Uganda, I went 200 miles, approximately, south to Dar es Salaam, 200 miles north to what is called the Samburo country, 200 miles west to the edge of the Congo, and 200 miles east to the coast of Kenya to Mombasa.
And so, my remarks are based upon a block of country 400 miles north and south and 400 miles east and west.
