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Postcolonial riskscapes: risk, trust, and the community-based response to Ebola virus disease in Liberia
The initial outbreak response to the 2014–2016 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa was met with resistance in Liberia. In part, this was because...
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West Africa’s Ebola Time Journey, Xenophobia and the Power of Community-Based Systems in Senegal
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus, with an average case fatality rate around 50% and a high of 90% in some...
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“With Ebola, it was Important to Keep Away from Sick Individuals and with COVID, it’s Similar”: How Ebola Shaped the Health Worker Experience of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on health workers; one of the most affected occupational groups. In Sierra Leone, health workers were...
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The 2014–2016 Ebola Outbreak and Responses of Africa
Pandemics are global social and health problems that are creating political shocks, economic paralysis, social disharmony, and cultural decay. The...
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Enacted Ebola Stigma and Health-related Quality of Life in Post Ebola Epidemic: A Psychosocial Mediation Framework Through Social Support, Self-Efficacy, and Coping
On-site experiences and reports have shown that the multiple outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
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Limits of Science-Based Approaches in Global Health: Sociocultural and Moral Lessons from Ebola and COVID-19
This chapter explores the significance of sociocultural and ethical limitations of non-science-based approaches toward effectively containing,...
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Intercultural Medical Disagreements: Ebola vs. Covid-19
Suppose there is a public health measure which conflicts with local cultural ways of being, but which the relevant public health authority has the...
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Infectious disease, public health, and politics: United States response to Ebola and Zika
Politics, rather than disease characteristics, complicated the United States response to Ebola virus disease and Zika virus. We analyze how media and...
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The Neoliberal Virus
Zoonoses and endemic diseases proliferate as a consequence of the ruthless globalization of nature. By losing its heterogeneity and situatedness,...
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Disease, Disaster, and Disengagement: Ebola and Political Participation in Sierra Leone
How do widespread public health crises affect political behavior? This article examines the impact of the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak on...
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The Intersection of Climate Crisis and Disease Outbreaks: Cataclysmic Consequences
A few of the negative effects of climate change that are threatening ecosystems include rising temperatures, extreme weather and sea level rise. The...
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A Comparative Discourse Analysis of African Newspaper Reports on Global Epidemics: A Case Study of Ebola and Coronavirus
This qualitative multi-case study analyses how two African newspapers engaged in self-presentation of African countries and other-presentation of...
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Disease Discourses, African Knowledge Systems, and COVID-19 in Senegal
Too often African knowledge systems are excluded from formal discussions surrounding public health, as they are often perceived traditional...
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Crafting Data-Driven Strategies to Disentangle Socioeconomic Disparities from Disease Spread
As a disease whose spread is correlated with mobility patterns of the susceptible, understanding how COVID-19 affects a population is by no means a...
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Preparedness and Response: Outlook Post COVID-19 Pandemic and SDG3d
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected populations globally, from loss of lives, livelihoods and socially through the sudden changes in all aspects of...
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Mental Health and SDG3.3, 3d, 3.4 and 3.5
Human health is composed of both mental, physical, and social health. Thus, health and wellbeing are measured by the status of these three categories...
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Unblinding: Politics, Care, and the J&J Vaccine Trial in South Africa
In the uncertain days leading up to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on 27 March 2020 that South Africa would embark on a nation-wide...
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Disease as a Factor in the African Archaeological Record
It is clear from their natural histories that various kinds of diseases would have affected African communities in the distant past. Climatic factors...
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Introducing the Disease Outbreak Resilience Index (DORI) Using the Demographic and Health Surveys Data from sub-Saharan Africa
Although most studies on disease emergencies underscore the need for household readiness for shocks associated with disease outbreaks, no study to...
