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Mr. Chlorine, a cartoon character developed during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone
Fear of chlorine emerged as a serious challenge during the 2014-2015 West African Ebola outbreak. Ironically, an intervention designed to protect was perceived by some people as being part of the problem: the chlorine used to disinfect ambulances was, they believed, killing patients being carried to treatment centres. This fear acted as a significant barrier that stopped people going for treatment if they fell ill, so Mr. Chlorine was developed in order to present chlorine as a friendly and safe support in the fight against Ebola: "I am your friend, Mr. Chlorine. I will help you fight Ebola." Kinsman et al.
Image Credit: Amara Tengbeh, Tee Designs
Citation: (2017) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 11(8) August 2017. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(8): ev11.i08. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v11.i08
Published: August 31, 2017
Copyright: © 2017 Tengbeh. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Fear of chlorine emerged as a serious challenge during the 2014-2015 West African Ebola outbreak. Ironically, an intervention designed to protect was perceived by some people as being part of the problem: the chlorine used to disinfect ambulances was, they believed, killing patients being carried to treatment centres. This fear acted as a significant barrier that stopped people going for treatment if they fell ill, so Mr. Chlorine was developed in order to present chlorine as a friendly and safe support in the fight against Ebola: "I am your friend, Mr. Chlorine. I will help you fight Ebola." Kinsman et al.
Image Credit: Amara Tengbeh, Tee Designs