--- title: PHOTOS: See the first Ebola Treatment Unit in Liberia description: A look inside Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), which was the first Ebola treatment unit in Liberia at the onset of the Ebola outbreak canonical: https://time.com/3625991/first-ebola-treatment-center-liberia-photos/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-10T12:30:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:45.269Z article:section: Health og:title: See the first Ebola Treatment Unit in Liberia og:description: A look inside Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), which was the first Ebola treatment unit in Liberia at the onset of the Ebola outbreak og:url: https://time.com/3625991/first-ebola-treatment-center-liberia-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9a3c1ced88d6a45/69876ddd06f2c1c94f332c77/time-person-of-the-year-2014-landscapes-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TIME Person of the Year 2014: The Ebola Fighters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the first Ebola Treatment Unit in Liberia twitter:description: A look inside Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), which was the first Ebola treatment unit in Liberia at the onset of the Ebola outbreak twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9a3c1ced88d6a45/69876ddd06f2c1c94f332c77/time-person-of-the-year-2014-landscapes-03.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Scenes From Monrovia, Liberia > Sponsored content. 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Jackie Nickerson for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 10, 2014 12:30 PM UTC  Sterilization area with bleach solution at the Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital's Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. Jackie Nickerson for TIME  Liberian Red Cross dead body management team photographed at the ELWA Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. Jackie Nickerson for TIME  Sterilized rubber gloves at ELWA's Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. Jackie Nickerson for TIME  Sterilized protective clothing drying station at Doctors Without Borders’ Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. Jackie Nickerson for TIME  An education mural in Monrovia, Liberia. Jackie Nickerson for TIME  The chapel which was converted into the first Ebola treatment unit at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Jackie Nickerson for TIME  Any PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) that cannot be sterilized and reused is burned at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. 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