In a file picture taken on Nov. 13, 2014, health workers walk at the Kerry Town treatment centre, on the outskirts of Freetown, one of several installations built by the British government in Sierra Leone in a effort to fight the outbreak of Ebola.Francisco Leong/AFP / Getty Images
Canadian military personnel have started work at an Ebola treatment clinic in Sierra Leone.
Thirty-seven Canadian Armed Forces doctors, nurses, medics and support staff began working Tuesday at a British-run clinic in Kerry Town.
The centre has been set up primarily to provide care for local and international health-care workers who contract Ebola.
The command and support staff with the mission will be deployed for up to six months and the health-care staff will be rotated every two months.
The commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command, Lieutenant-General John Vance, said their efforts will help alleviate human suffering and save lives.
Canada has also been operating a mobile laboratory in Sierra Leone since June; it is based at Kailahun in the eastern part of the country.