As if it is not worse to be infected with the Ebola virus, survivors of the disease are being shunned and discriminated against by members of their community in West Africa, where an outbreak that started in March has killed over 900 people and infected hundreds others this year and has been termed by the World Health Organization as the worst in recorded history.

CCTV Africa reported that Red Cross volunteers are working to educated the masses about Ebola to help them accept survivors of the disease that kills over 70 percent of its victims. Volunteers  have also come under attack from people who see their direct contact with Ebola victims and corpses has a big threat.

“There will be no acceptance if stigmatization increases, that is why we must work on those two points. More respect and more protection for the infected and affected people, which will lead to more acceptance,” Elhadj As Sy, secretary general of IFRC, told CCTV Africa.

“We will continue to demand a humanitarian space and we will continue to negotiate so that we the Red Cross and the Red Crescent can provide the necessity to those people most in need,” he added.