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  • Somatosphere’s series: Ebola fieldnotes

    October 20, 2014 | Filed under: Countries, English, Peer reviewed, Society & Culture

    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 …

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  • Ebola in Perspective – Cultural Anthropology Journal

    October 14, 2014 | Filed under: English, Epidemiology & Public Health, Guinea, Liberia, Peer reviewed, Politics & Economy, Sierra Leone, Society & Culture

    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 …

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Ebola et la faillite de la santé publique en Afrique

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 …

Urgent : Poste à pourvoir

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 …

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Appel à contributions pour un numéro spécial « Autour du virus Ebola »

La revue Anthropologie et Santé lance un appel à contribution en vue d’un numéro spécial “Autour du virus Ebola”, coordonné par Anne …

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Caring as existential insecurity: quarantine, care, and human insecurity in the Ebola crisis

Published by Sung-Joon Park and René Umlauf, in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnotes, November 24, 2014.   In August of this year, when the …

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Experimental therapies: growing interest in the use of whole blood or plasma from recovered Ebola patients (convalescent therapies)

Published on who.int, 26 September 2014 The current evidence base: limited data – from 1976 up to now Convalescent therapy was first …

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Ebola vaccines, therapies, and diagnostics – WHO update

Convalescent blood and plasma therapies Experimental therapies: growing interest in the use of whole blood or plasma from recovered Ebola patients (convalescent …

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Social Pathways for Ebola Virus Disease in Rural Sierra Leone, and some Implications for Containment

Published by PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 31, 2014   Abstract The current outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Upper West Africa …

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What Factors Might Have Led to the Emergence of Ebola in West Africa?

By PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, November 11, 2014   Abstract An Ebola outbreak of unprecedented scope emerged in West Africa in December …

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I Got Ebola and Survived – A survivor describes his bout with Ebola

Published in The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 2014, by Ashoka Mukpo My own battle with Ebola began with a slight body …

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Tracking Ebola with CrisisNET and the Ushahidi Platform

The Ebola epidemic has finally captured international attention. Coverage of Ebola was minimal when the disease was confined to West Africa, but …

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Quand l’homme favorise les épidémies

Publié sur CNRS Le Journal, le 23 octobre 2014, par Laure Cailloce Bactéries, virus et parasites ont toujours existé dans le grand …

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Ebola : les anthropologues en renfort

Publié sur CNRS Le Journal, le 3 octobre 2014, par Sylvain Guilbaud On redoute plusieurs centaines de milliers de nouveaux cas d’Ebola …

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Ebola, et ensuite ?

Publié sur CNRS, Le Journal, le 13 novembre 2014, par Yannick Jaffré   Ebola n’est pas la seule maladie infectieuse à toucher …

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Communicating Uncertainty – Ebola, Public Health, and the Scientific Process

The levees of the Red River in Grand Forks, North Dakota, are built to withstand 51-ft water levels. In 1997, the National …

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Ebola, epidemics, and ethics – what we have learned

When considering the allocation of scarce resources, the most pressing question is: who should be treated? Abstract The current Ebola epidemic has …

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Ebola virus disease outbreak: incorporating ethical analysis into the health system response

by Abha Saxena, in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics The current outbreak of Ebola in western Africa has been unprecedented for …

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A comprehensive database of the geographic spread of past human Ebola outbreaks

Published on Scientific Data, October 23, 2014 Abstract Ebola is a zoonotic filovirus that has the potential to cause outbreaks of variable …

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Statement by MSF aid worker Dr. Craig Spencer

Published on MSF’s website, November 11, 2014 Hello, my name is Craig Spencer. I am a physician and aid worker for Doctors …

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“Restarting essential healthcare services is also a critical component of an Ebola response.”

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, …

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Diary of an MSF epidemiologist in Sierra Leone

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 …

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IBM Launches Humanitarian Initiatives to Help Contain Ebola Outbreak in Africa

Taps data and citizen engagement against the spread of disease FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE; LAGOS, NIGERIA – 27 Oct 2014: IBM (NYSE: IBM) …

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Ebola Outbreaks Timeline

The healthmap.org website is keeping up to date a timeline about the spread of the virus from March 14. October 31, 2014 …

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Chronicle of a well-prepared disaster

By Guillaume Lachenal, in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnotes, October 31, 2014. A French version of this piece was originally published in Libération on …

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Diary – Paul Farmer

I have just returned from Liberia with a group of physicians and health activists. We are heading back in a few days. …

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From the dragon’s perspective: an initial report on China’s response to the unfolding Ebola epidemic

By Emilio Dirlikov and Qiuyu Jiang, published in Somatosphere’s Ebola fieldnote, October 29, 2014. On a steamy mid-August afternoon, Mariatu Kargbo, a …

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