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The Politics of Fear. Medecins Sans Frontieres and the West African Ebola Epidemic.
. Ed(S): Au, Sokhieng; Hofman, Michiel
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Hardback. The Politics of Fear is Medecins sans Frontieres's commissioned analysis of the politics surrounding the 2014 Ebola epidemic and response. Comprising eleven topic-based chapters and four eyewitness vignettes from contributors inside and outside MSF. Editor(s): Au, Sokhieng; Hofman, Michiel. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JKSR; JPWH; MBN; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was an unprecedented medical and political emergency that cast an unflattering light on multiple corners of government and international response. Fear, not rational planning, appeared to drive many decisions made at population and leadership levels, which in turn brought about a response that was as uneven as it was unprecedented: entire populations were decimated or destroyed, vaccine trials were fast-tracked, health staff died, untested medications were used (or not used) in controversial ways, humanitarian workers returned home to enforced isolation, and military was employed to sometimes disturbing ends. The epidemic revealed ... Read more
The 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was an unprecedented medical and political emergency that cast an unflattering light on multiple corners of government and international response. Fear, not rational planning, appeared to drive many decisions made at population and leadership levels, which in turn brought about a response that was as uneven as it was unprecedented: entire populations were decimated or destroyed, vaccine trials were fast-tracked, health staff died, untested medications were used (or not used) in controversial ways, humanitarian workers returned home to enforced isolation, and military was employed to sometimes disturbing ends. The epidemic revealed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190624477
SKU
V9780190624477
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About . Ed(S): Au, Sokhieng; Hofman, Michiel
Michiel Hofman worked on MSF field missions between 1993 and 1998 as Emergency Coordinator and Head of Mission in Liberia, DRC, Bosnia, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Brazil, South Sudan, and Kosovo, returning to his other career as freelance journalist between missions. Between 1999 and 2001, he co-founded the Antares Foundation, a Dutch non-profit organization that supports local NGOs in providing psycho-social ... Read more
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