Mobilising experience from Ebola to address plague in Madagascar and future epidemics

The west African Ebola virus disease epidemic was the first time that social science researchers were called upon by UN agencies to be involved with a global health emergency response at every stage.Originally, anthropologists were asked to help identify and address barriers to controlling the sprea...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2017-12, Vol.390 (10113), p.2624-2625
Main Authors: Sams, Kelley, Desclaux, Alice, Anoko, Julienne, Akindès, Francis, Egrot, Marc, Sow, Khoudia, Taverne, Bernard, Bila, Blandine, Cros, Michèle, Keïta-Diop, Moustapha, Fribault, Mathieu, Wilkinson, Annie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Disease control
Ebola virus
Ebolavirus
Emergency preparedness
Epidemics
Global health
Humanities and Social Sciences
Local population
Plague
Social Anthropology and ethnology
Social sciences
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Summary:The west African Ebola virus disease epidemic was the first time that social science researchers were called upon by UN agencies to be involved with a global health emergency response at every stage.Originally, anthropologists were asked to help identify and address barriers to controlling the spread of Ebola virus and to encourage compliance from local populations.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33088-X