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Socio-cultural Dimensions of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Editorial: African Perspectives and Approaches for African Healthcare Challenges
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    Chapter 2 How and Why the Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium Was Created
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    Chapter 3 Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Historical and Scientific Review
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    Chapter 4 Epidemiology and Management of Lassa Fever in the West African Sub-Region: Overcoming the Socio-cultural Challenges
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    Chapter 5 Socio-cultural and Economic Concerns on Use of Convalescent Blood or Plasma for the Management of Ebola Virus Disease in Africa
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    Chapter 6 The Impact of Ebola Virus Disease on Government Expenditure in Sierra Leone
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    Chapter 7 Public Health Emergencies: The Role of Science Education and Communication in Africa
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    Chapter 8 Ebola and the Reimagining of Health Communication in Liberia
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    Chapter 9 A Political Conception of Pandemics and Epidemics in Africa
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    Chapter 10 Global Emerging Pathogens and the (Prescriptive) Role of the World Health Organization
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    Chapter 11 Disease Outbreaks in Africa and the Response of African Governments
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    Chapter 12 Africans in the Diaspora-The Hidden Force: Economics, Investment, Skilled Workforce and Public Health
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    Chapter 13 Insufficiency of Pathogen Focused Approaches Towards Managing Deadly Epidemics in Africa: Harmonising the Roles of Governments, Health Systems and Populations
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    Chapter 14 Context and Ethical Challenges During the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
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    Chapter 15 Scientific Response to Deadly Novel Epidemics: The Role of Good Clinical Practice
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    Chapter 16 Scientific Response to Deadly Novel Epidemics: The Role of Health Research Ethics
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    Chapter 17 Criminalisation and “Reckless” Ebola Transmission: Theorizing Ethical Obligations to Seek Care
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    Chapter 18 Global Emerging Pathogens, Poverty and Vulnerability: An Ethical Analysis
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    Chapter 19 Why Justice is Good for Healthcare in Africa: Towards an Ethical framework
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    Chapter 20 Beyond Mere Statistics: Case Studies from the Field During the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
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    Chapter 21 Lagos the Mega-City: A Report on How the Metropolis Handled an Outbreak of the Ebola Epidemic
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Title
Socio-cultural Dimensions of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa
Published by
Springer International Publishing, August 2019
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-17474-3
ISBNs
978-3-03-017473-6, 978-3-03-017474-3
Editors

Tangwa, Godfrey B., Abayomi, Akin, Ujewe, Samuel J., Munung, Nchangwi Syntia

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Country Count As %
Unknown 32 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 6%
Other 1 3%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 3%
Student > Master 1 3%
Researcher 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 25 78%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 3%
Social Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 26 81%