The Ebola Pandemic in Sierra Leone: Representations, Actors, Interventions and the Path to Recovery

Title
The Ebola Pandemic in Sierra Leone: Representations, Actors, Interventions and the Path to Recovery
Publication Date
2017
Author(s)
Lahai, John I
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-9416
Email: jlahai2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jlahai2
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Cham, Switzerland
Edition
1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-45904-2
UNE publication id
une:23687
Abstract
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; 2) a good governance standpoint that exposes lapses in health governance and the general unpreparedness of the government and international community to deal with the outbreak; 3) a scientific research standpoint that looks at the role played by the Sierra Leone's Lassa Fever Research Laboratories as a main hub for the investigation, monitoring and evaluation of communicable diseases in the Mano River Union countries; and 4) an international politics standpoint that examines the development of a new bio-security international apparatus involving a wide range of international actors and institutions.
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ISBN
9783319459042
9783319459035

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