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Understanding the Health Disaster: Research Design for the Response to the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak
Matthieu LaurasLaura LagunaTina ComesBartel Van De Wallesubject
Information managementEbola Virus DiseaseEconomic growthOperations researchDisaster researchDecision SupportOutbreakCoordination and Information SharingGeneral MedicineWorld health3. Good healthWest africaHumanitarian LogisticsWest african[SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics]GeographyConceptual frameworkField researchHealth DisasterEngineering(all)description
International audience; The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest ever in history, affecting multiple countries and to this date, the World Health Organization has registered more than 6,500 deaths attributed to Ebola. The challenges arising from this outbreak to responders worldwide do not follow the standard characterisation or response patterns of natural sudden onset vs. conflict disasters. Rather, it is a medical emergency, which is intertwined with multiple challenges in the sectors decision-making, coordination, logistics and information management. In this paper, we present our research framework, which is based on desk research and initial interviews with responders. This framework guides on-going field research in Ghana (December2014), and Liberia (Spring 2015).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-12 |