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Title Ebola in Sierra Leone: Leveraging Community Assets to Strengthen Preparedness and Response
Full text https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/ebola-in-sierra-leone-leveraging-community-assets-to-strengthen-p
Date 2022
Author(s) Babawo, Lawrence Sao; Kamara, Foday Mahmoud; Mokuwa, Esther Yei; Mokuwa, Gelejimah Alfred; Nyakoi, Marion Baby May; Richards, Paul
Abstract This chapter offers a summary account of the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone 2014'2015, paying particular attention to local level response. The role of social and cultural factors in both supporting and hindering medical response to the disease is discussed. Local public authority was important in determining the success of response efforts. A lesson for pandemic preparedness is that responders should focus on improving coordination at the local level. In some cases, this required local conflict resolution. An example is given where unaddressed community conflicts complicated epidemic management. Ebola, however, is a readily legible disease; local communities quickly understood how infection spread. A comparison with COVID-19 shows that infection patterns are much harder to read with the SARS Cov-2 virus. In this case, public trust will be a decisive issue.
Subject(s) COVID-19; Community response; Ebola; Public authority; Trust
Language en
Publisher Springer
Relation https://edepot.wur.nl/636194
Type of publication info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart; Part of book or chapter of book; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Source Communication and Community Engagement in Disease Outbreaks; ISBN: 9783030922955
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess; Wageningen University & Research
Identifier 10.1007/978-3-030-92296-2_6
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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