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29 June 2018

The public health graduate awarded TIME person of the year

In 2014, while working for UNICEF, Dr Vandana Joshi was positioned in Sierra Leone's Ebola ‘red zone’ to help fight the biggest health crisis on the planet at the time. They were called ‘The Ebola Fighters’ and were collectively awarded TIME person of the year for their efforts.