My mother told me I would die if I sought treatment for Ebola - I am proof you can survive

When Dr Raymond Kasereka Kamwanga told his family he suspected he had Ebola and was going to a treatment centre in the city of Butembo in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, his family were horrified. They regarded the specialised unit as a "death house" as not many patients do recover - especially those admitted in the late stages of the illness. His 50-year-old mother was in tears, pleading with him not to go there.

This was in July, two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a public health emergency of international concern. Since then 5,400 people have died and 11,000 have been infected, making it the second-most deadly outbreak ever recorded. Butembo is in North Kivu province, the epicentre of the crisis, with the highest number of reported cases, according to the Congolese health ministry.

Dr Kamwanga is one of 3,031 people who have survived - and is evangelical about sharing his story in an effort to help stop the spread of infections devastating his community.