"I'm pregnant, but was made to sleep on a hard bench, it's not even a bed, for over 24 hours without food, water or anything, can you imagine, this is the room, that's the toilet, this is me." - Monique Tata Allison
In the past week, the stigmatization of Ebola hit new lows, not just for citizens of nations hardly-hit by the virus residing in western nations, but also for Africans within Africa, a sad reality Monique Tatu Allison discovered when she touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last Sunday.
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