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Ebola : how a people's science helped end an epidemic, Paul Richards
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- Summary
- In 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak in history swept across West Africa, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea and sending the international community into panic. By 2014, experts were grimly predicting that millions would be infected within months, and a huge international control effort was mounted to contain the virus. Yet paradoxically, at this point the disease was already going into decline in Africa itself. Why did outside observers get it so wrong? Paul Richards draws on his extensive firsthand experience in Sierra Leone to argue that the international community's alarmed response failed to take account of local expertise and common sense. Crucially, Richards shows that the humanitarian response to the disease was most effective in those areas where it supported community initiatives already in place, such as giving local people agency in terms of disposing of bodies. In turn, the international response dangerously hampered recovery when it ignored or disregarded local knowledge
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 180 pages
- Note
- Published in association with the International African Institute; Royal African Society; World Peace Foundation
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- The world's first Ebola epidemic
- The epidemic's rise and decline
- Washing the dead : does culture spread Ebola?
- Ebola in rural Sierra Leone : a technography
- Burial technique
- Community responses to Ebola
- Conclusion : strengthening an African people's science
- Postscript
- Appendices : evidence and testimony from Ebola-affected community members
- Isbn
- 9781783608584
- Label
- Ebola : how a people's science helped end an epidemic
- Title
- Ebola
- Title remainder
- how a people's science helped end an epidemic
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Richards
- Subject
-
- Ebola virus disease -- Africa
- Ebola virus disease -- Africa -- Prevention | International cooperation
- Ebola-Fieber
- Epidemics -- prevention & control
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Contagious
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola -- epidemiology
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola -- prevention & control
- Humanitarian assistance
- International Cooperation
- Risk Factors
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- africa
- Africa, Western -- epidemiology
- Burial
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 2013, the largest Ebola outbreak in history swept across West Africa, claiming thousands of lives in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea and sending the international community into panic. By 2014, experts were grimly predicting that millions would be infected within months, and a huge international control effort was mounted to contain the virus. Yet paradoxically, at this point the disease was already going into decline in Africa itself. Why did outside observers get it so wrong? Paul Richards draws on his extensive firsthand experience in Sierra Leone to argue that the international community's alarmed response failed to take account of local expertise and common sense. Crucially, Richards shows that the humanitarian response to the disease was most effective in those areas where it supported community initiatives already in place, such as giving local people agency in terms of disposing of bodies. In turn, the international response dangerously hampered recovery when it ignored or disregarded local knowledge
- Cataloging source
- NLM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945 May 14-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Richards, Paul
- Dewey number
- 614.5/88
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QR201.E16
- LC item number
- R53 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2017 A-446
- WC 534
- Series statement
- African arguments
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Epidemics
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
- Burial
- Risk Factors
- International Cooperation
- Africa, Western
- Ebola virus disease
- Ebola virus disease
- Humanitarian assistance
- Ebola-Fieber
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Contagious
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- africa
- Label
- Ebola : how a people's science helped end an epidemic, Paul Richards
- Note
- Published in association with the International African Institute; Royal African Society; World Peace Foundation
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-173) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The world's first Ebola epidemic -- The epidemic's rise and decline -- Washing the dead : does culture spread Ebola? -- Ebola in rural Sierra Leone : a technography -- Burial technique -- Community responses to Ebola -- Conclusion : strengthening an African people's science -- Postscript -- Appendices : evidence and testimony from Ebola-affected community members
- Control code
- ocn945390731
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 180 pages
- Isbn
- 9781783608584
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781783608584
- (OCoLC)945390731
- Label
- Ebola : how a people's science helped end an epidemic, Paul Richards
- Note
- Published in association with the International African Institute; Royal African Society; World Peace Foundation
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-173) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The world's first Ebola epidemic -- The epidemic's rise and decline -- Washing the dead : does culture spread Ebola? -- Ebola in rural Sierra Leone : a technography -- Burial technique -- Community responses to Ebola -- Conclusion : strengthening an African people's science -- Postscript -- Appendices : evidence and testimony from Ebola-affected community members
- Control code
- ocn945390731
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 180 pages
- Isbn
- 9781783608584
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781783608584
- (OCoLC)945390731
Subject
- Ebola virus disease -- Africa
- Ebola virus disease -- Africa -- Prevention | International cooperation
- Ebola-Fieber
- Epidemics -- prevention & control
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Contagious
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola -- epidemiology
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola -- prevention & control
- Humanitarian assistance
- International Cooperation
- Risk Factors
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- africa
- Africa, Western -- epidemiology
- Burial
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