British ebola survivor Will Pooley is preparing to return to West Africa to provide medical support in the fight against the epidemic.
He is among the first wave of volunteers from the NHS and Public Health England who have begun training ahead of possible deployment to Sierra Leone.
The nurse, from Suffolk, said it was "something I need to do".
Mr Pooley worked at a hospice in Freetown, Sierra Leone, before moving to an ebola centre in Kenema where he was infected with the disease.
He was flown home to Britain and admitted to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in north London where he was given the experimental ebola drug ZMapp and recovered from the illness.
"There is still a lot of work to do out there and I am in the same or better position than when I chose to go out before," he said.
"It does not seem likely that I will contract it again but it will still be the same question in my mind as it was the first time. It was an easy decision at that time and it is the same now."
Of his friends and family who have already seen the trauma he went through after contracting the illness, he said: "They are always going to be worried. They are very supportive."
Other British volunteers have been asking him what it is like to have ebola and about his experience treating it.
He said: "That is the reason I am here - tonight is about giving them a bit of insight in to what work and life is like out there at the moment.
"People are interested and people have a right to know about it if they are considering going out there.
"I know my mum and dad are worried but they support me because they know this is something I have to do.
"My potential immunity is very reassuring for them, or at least it should be, and I will be returning in a more organised fashion than when I was out there originally."
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded 8,914 cases of ebola but WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward has warned the number of new cases is likely to hit 5,000-10,000 a week by early December.
In the US, the race is on to track down passengers who shared a flight with a nurse diagnosed with ebola in Texas.
Amber Vinson, 29, was on board a flight from Cleveland, Ohio, to Dallas-Fort Worth on 13 October, the day before she fell ill.
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