Caring as existential insecurity: quarantine, care, and human insecurity in the Ebola crisis By Sung-Joon Park and René Umlauf Ebola 2014. Chronicle of a well-prepared disaster By Guillaume Lachenal From the dragon’s perspective: an initial report on China’s response to the unfolding Ebola epidemic By Emilio Dirlikov and Qiuyu Jiang …
Since early 2014, the international coverage of Africa has been dominated by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Much of that coverage represents the region as helpless and hopeless, a tragic victim of illogical beliefs and dangerous cultural practices. The contributors to this Hot Spots series offer their personal and …
Publié par Fanny Chabrol, dans la Revue internationale et stratégique, 2014/4 (n° 96). Résumé L’épidémie à virus Ebola qui dévaste l’Afrique de …
Coordonnateur terrain, postdoc, recherche anthropologique sur l’épidémie d’Ebola dans le cadre de l’essai clinique JIKI mené par l’INSERM. Le projet JIKI est …
La revue Anthropologie et Santé lance un appel à contribution en vue d’un numéro spécial “Autour du virus Ebola”, coordonné par Anne …
Published by Sung-Joon Park and René Umlauf, in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnotes, November 24, 2014. In August of this year, when the …
Published on who.int, 26 September 2014 The current evidence base: limited data – from 1976 up to now Convalescent therapy was first …
Convalescent blood and plasma therapies Experimental therapies: growing interest in the use of whole blood or plasma from recovered Ebola patients (convalescent …
Published by PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 31, 2014 Abstract The current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Upper West Africa …
By PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 11, 2014 Abstract An Ebola outbreak of unprecedented scope emerged in West Africa in December …
Published in The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2014, by Ashoka Mukpo My own battle with Ebola began with a slight body …
The Ebola epidemic has finally captured international attention. Coverage of Ebola was minimal when the disease was confined to West Africa, but …
Publié sur CNRS Le Journal, le 23 octobre 2014, par Laure Cailloce Bactéries, virus et parasites ont toujours existé dans le grand …
Publié sur CNRS Le Journal, le 3 octobre 2014, par Sylvain Guilbaud On redoute plusieurs centaines de milliers de nouveaux cas d’Ebola …
Publié sur CNRS, Le Journal, le 13 novembre 2014, par Yannick Jaffré Ebola n’est pas la seule maladie infectieuse à toucher …
The levees of the Red River in Grand Forks, North Dakota, are built to withstand 51-ft water levels. In 1997, the National …
When considering the allocation of scarce resources, the most pressing question is: who should be treated? Abstract The current Ebola epidemic has …
by Abha Saxena, in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics The current outbreak of Ebola in western Africa has been unprecedented for …
Published on Scientific Data, October 23, 2014 Abstract Ebola is a zoonotic filovirus that has the potential to cause outbreaks of variable …
Published on MSF’s website, November 11, 2014 Hello, my name is Craig Spencer. I am a physician and aid worker for Doctors …
Ebola: Hard-won gains in Liberia must not be undermined. International response must adapt to changing epidemic pattern. Published on MSF’s website, November 10, …
Field notes from Kathryn Stinson, MSF epidemiologist in Sierra Leone After leaving Freetown, capital of Ebola-plagued Sierra Leone, for the airport by hydrofoil, I …
Taps data and citizen engagement against the spread of disease FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE; LAGOS, NIGERIA – 27 Oct 2014: IBM (NYSE: IBM) …
The healthmap.org website is keeping up to date a timeline about the spread of the virus from March 14. October 31, 2014 …
By Guillaume Lachenal, in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnotes, October 31, 2014. A French version of this piece was originally published in Libération on …
I have just returned from Liberia with a group of physicians and health activists. We are heading back in a few days. …
By Emilio Dirlikov and Qiuyu Jiang, published in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnote, October 29, 2014. On a steamy mid-August afternoon, Mariatu Kargbo, a …