--- 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 title: See the first Ebola Treatment Unit in Liberia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9a3c1ced88d6a45/69876ddd06f2c1c94f332c77/time-person-of-the-year-2014-landscapes-03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [ebola](/tag/ebola/) ## ebola Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Scenes From Monrovia, Liberia by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2014 12:30 PM CUT  Sterilized rubber gloves at ELWA's Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia. Sterilized rubber gloves at ELWA's Ebola Treatment Unit in Monrovia, Liberia.Jackie Nickerson for TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2014 12:30 PM CUT  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. Jackie Nickerson for TIME ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3625991/first-ebola-treatment-center-liberia-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3625991/first-ebola-treatment-center-liberia-photos/"},"headline":"Scenes From Monrovia, Liberia","datePublished":"2014-12-10T12:30:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:45.269Z","description":"A look inside Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA), the nondenominational Christian mission which opened the first Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberia at the onset of the Ebola outbreak.","url":"https://time.com/3625991/first-ebola-treatment-center-liberia-photos/","keywords":["ebola","photography","health","Virus","outbreak","Liberia","Monrovia"],"thumbnailUrl":"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=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"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=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME Person of the Year 2014: The Ebola Fighters","caption":"TIME Person of the Year 2014: The Ebola Fighters","creditText":"Jackie Nickerson for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ebola/","name":"ebola"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3625991/first-ebola-treatment-center-liberia-photos/","name":"Scenes From Monrovia, Liberia"}}]}] ```