We all have an idea of what these real heroes, the Ebola Health workers have been through in the past one year. Their selfless dedication and contribution to the fight of the fatal illness is noteworthy. Staff of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) are pictured celebrating the closure of the Ebola isolation unit in Sierra Leone.

More than 10,000 people have died from the deadly Ebola Virus Disease. 4,283 from Liberia, 3,712 in Sierra Leone, 2,241 in Guinea and 8 in Nigeria.