Ebola Pandemic in Sierra Leone

Representations, Actors, Interventions and the Path to Recovery

AvJohn Idriss Lahai

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This book provides a timely examination of the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone from four different standpoints: 1) a social standpoint that focuses on the way in which the vulnerable Sierra Leonian population viewed the pandemic in light of their cultural beliefs, memories of past wars and narratives and actions of the government;

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 9 mm
Vikt:207 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:140
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319833965

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John Idriss Lahai is an applied development studies scholar. He earned his PhD from the University of New England, Australia. Prior to joining Flinders University, Australia, as Visiting Research Fellow in the School of International Relations, he was an independent consultant with extensive experience working for think tanks and governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. He is editor of African Frontiers: Insurgency, Governance and Peacebuilding in Postcolonial States (2015) and author of Gender in Practice: Culture, Politics and Society in Sierra Leone (forthcoming).

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1. Introduction .- 2. The Ebola Pandemic: Meaning, Origins, and the Pathways of Eruption and Spread .- 3. Representations: Between Uncertainty, Epistemology, and Political Dominance .- 4. Interventions: How Actors Mediated Between and Honored Humanitarian Action, Political Interests, and Medical Scientific Knowledge .- 5. The Aftermath: The Proposed Pathway to Public Health Recovery 2015-2020 .- 6. Conclusions.