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Roles of religious actors in the West African Ebola response

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Development in Practice"

DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1327573

Abstract: ABSTRACT More than 11,000 people died during the 2014–15 Ebola epidemic. It devastated the communities concerned and set back progress in building health systems and socio-economic development more broadly. Concentrated in three poor West African… read more here.

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Forecasting the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak.

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Epidemiologic reviews"

DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxz013

Abstract: In 2014/15 an Ebola outbreak of unprecedented dimensions afflicted the West African countries of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. We performed a systematic review of manuscripts that forecasted the outbreak while it was occurring, and… read more here.

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Preface: ‘The 2013–2016 West African Ebola epidemic: data, decision-making and disease control’

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences"

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0020

Abstract: Prior to 2013, 24 naturally occurring outbreaks of Ebola virus disease affecting humans had been reported. All but one of these outbreaks were confined to four central African countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC,… read more here.

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Rumor Spread and Control During the West African Ebola Epidemic in Liberia.

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Disasters"

DOI: 10.1111/disa.12552

Abstract: The severity of the 2014-2015 West African Ebola epidemic in Liberia was coupled with widespread misunderstanding about Ebola among Liberian citizens and the proliferation of rumors. Rumor control during outbreaks is imperative to reduce the… read more here.

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