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UNICEF/UNI172457/Bindra
Evidence Reviews

Research Update and Situation Analysis – Sierra Leone

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is an ESPA1-funded research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing with the...
ESPA
2013
UNICEF/UNI85229/Nesbitt
Background Reports

Haemorrhagic Fevers in Africa: Narratives, Politics and Pathways of Disease and Response

Outbreak narratives have justified rapid and sometimes draconian international policy responses and control measures. Yet there is a variety of other ways of framing haemorrhagic fevers. There present different views...
STEPS Centre
2008
UNICEF/UNI174000/Marion
Background Reports

HIV/AIDS, Forests and Futures in sub-Saharan Africa

Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic is having devastating and tragic social, economic, and political impacts. HIV/AIDS is both a health issue and a development...
STEPS Centre
2011
UNICEF/UNI172225/Kesner
Briefings

Ebola Vaccine Trial in Sierra Leone Battles Against Fear and Logistics

Health workers face suspicion and a lack of cold storage as they test the Ebola vaccine and also try to reach children who have missed inoculations against other diseases.
The Guardian
2016
UNICEF/UNI182223/Bindra
Briefings

Social Stigma Compounds Desperate Poverty of Guinea’s Ebola Survivors

Shunned by their communities and unable to work, female survivors of Ebola in Guinea face profound hardship as they try to care for their families.
The Guardian
2016
UNICEF/UNI169293/La Rose
Briefings

Sierra Leone’s Young Community Leaders Are Best Weapon Against Ebola

Foreign leaders discussing solutions to the Ebola epidemic must acknowledge the contribution made by local workers to reduce infection rates.
The Guardian
2015
UNICEF/Jallonzo
Briefings

Young People Played a Game-Changing Role in the Battle Against Ebola in Liberia

An Ebola survivor reports on a pioneering community initiative in Monrovia that could save lives in the fight against other infectious diseases.
The Guardian
2015
UNICEF/UNI171708/Jallanzo
Briefings

We Cannot Learn the Lessons of Ebola If We Continue to Undervalue Local Efforts

Reports into the Ebola outbreak overemphasise the role of the World Health Organisation while neglecting the importance of local community responses.
The Guardian
2016
UNICEF/UNI173876/Beukes
Briefings

Healers Cure Mistrust in Guinea’s Health System after Horrors of Ebola

Practitioners of traditional medicine – the first port of call for 80% of Guineans – could be invaluable in helping fight other killer diseases, such as malaria.
The Guardian
2016
UNICEF/UNI121139/Dormino
Background Reports

Environmental Determinants of Cholera Outbreaks in Inland Africa: A Systematic Review of Main Transmission Foci and Propagation Routes

Cholera is generally regarded as the prototypical waterborne and environmental disease. In Africa, available studies are scarce, and the relevance of this disease paradigm is questionable. Cholera outbreaks have been...
Journal of Infectious Disease
2013
UNICEF/UNI173433/Schermbrucker
Foresight Papers

Infectious Diseases: Preparing for the Future Africa

The current project, Infectious Diseases: preparing for the future, looks ahead10–25 years. Its aim has been to assess the future threat of diseases in plants, animals and humans, and to...
Office of Science and Innovation
2006
UNICEF/UNI176936/Nesbitt
Background Reports

Historical Parallels, Ebola Virus Disease and Cholera: Understanding Community Distrust and Social Violence with Epidemics

In the three West African countries most affected by the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak,resistance to public health measures contributed to the startling speed and persistence of this epidemic...
PLOS
2016
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