Essays about: "Ebola virus"

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  1. 6. 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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  3. 7. Communicating and engaging with crisis-affected people in humanitarian responses: a case study of the Red Cross Ebola response in Liberia

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lisa Qvarfordt; [2016]
    Keywords : communication for development; humanitarian response; communication with crisis-affected people; participatory communication; Liberia; The Red Cross; Ebola;

    Abstract : Changing the approach to communication and engagement with the local people in Liberia during the Ebola response turned out to be a key strategy in the Red Cross’ work. The Liberian Red Cross’ communication with the crisis-affected people changed significantly during the fight against the Ebola virus, from top-down information to a more dialogical communication approach. READ MORE

  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. The Case of Ebola in West Africa - Swedish Healthcare Workers' Experiences of Navigating Global Health Interventions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Samira Elmi; [2015]
    Keywords : Global health machinery; Street-level bureaucrat; Global health interventions; Swedish healthcare workers; Ebolavirus; Borderless diseases; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this time of global health interventions, preventing borderless diseases, such as Ebola, is a question of implementing global health policies in different cultural contexts. Although these interventions are mediated by international organs, the healthcare workers on the ground are actually those who implement policies. READ MORE

  6. 10. Securitizing Communicable Disease: A case study of discursive threat-construction during the 2014 Ebola epidemic

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Elvira Sophia Schröder; [2015]
    Keywords : Securitization; global public health; Ebola virus disease; Copenhagen School; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the securitization of communicable disease in the case of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa 2014. Applying the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization, this thesis conducted a discourse analysis of speech acts occurring at different levels of the global community in relation to the outbreak. READ MORE