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1. 1. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Elisha Lawodo Bloe; [2023]
   Keywords : emergency response and recovery; humanitarian assistance; corruption; Ebola virus disease;

   Abstract : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. READ MORE

3. 2. Socio-Economic Determinants of Ebola Outbreak Intensity and Severity: A Study of the West-African Outbreak in 2013-2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Raoul Herbert; [2020]
   Keywords : Ebola; EVD; public health; SES; Economic History; Epidemics; Disease; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study uses a specifically constructed sub-national dataset on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak cases, deaths, and CFR in order to look at the question of how important various socio-economic factors were in determining the intensity and severity of the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The results of the OLS model shows that the socio-economic conditions in different regions of the country were important indicators of the number of reported cases and deaths. READ MORE

4. 3. Left out and let down: A study on empowerment and access to education for young mothers in post-Ebola Sierra Leone

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Pärnebjörk; [2017]
   Keywords : Adolescent pregnancy; Development; Education; Empowerment; Gender; Non-formal education; Reproductive health; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Sierra Leone has struggled with high rates of adolescent pregnancy for some time and reports have shown an increase in these figures during and following the unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease outbreak from 2014 through 15. As young girls are impregnated, it has long been customary for girls to drop out of school. READ MORE

5. 4. Community health workers as community health catalysts: lessons learned from the Ebola Disease Virus outbreak in Liberia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Adam Isaiah Graham; [2017]
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6. 5. Tidernas största ebolautbrott : varför blev det så stort?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Johanna Holm; [2016]
   Keywords : ebolavirus; Afrika; ebola patogenes; ebola kulturella aspekter; ebola reservoarer; Ebola virus; Africa; Ebola pathogenesis; Ebola cultural aspects; Ebola reservoirs;

   Abstract : I december 2013 insjuknade en två år gammal pojke i feber, diarré och kräkningar. Att det här skulle bli starten på den värsta humana epidemi i vår historia, orsakat av ebola, var det ingen som anade. Länderna som drabbades värst var Guinea, Liberia och Sierra Leone i Västafrika. Totalt insjuknade 28 639 människor varav 11 316 dog. READ MORE