More than Disease
Uncovering the Economic, Social, and Political Consequences of Sierra Leone’s Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7555138 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristen E Mclean (0000-0002-3733-6953), Liza J Malcolm |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 899-921 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/asr.2023.48 |
| OpenAlex | W4386688936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
When COVID-19 reached Sierra Leone, the government responded by implementing strict containment measures. While the effectiveness of such actions has been debated, the socioeconomic and political implications were undeniable. This qualitative study reveals that people suffered tremendously from economic insecurity, strains on social relationships, and civil rights violations, prompting many to perceive the COVID-19 pandemic as worse than the 2014–15 Ebola epidemic. These hardships have driven distrust of the government, which threatens continuing mitigation efforts. Using a feminist global health security frame, which recenters the protection of vulnerable individuals in relation to the state, we call for more contextually-relevant, civil society-informed pandemic responses
Civil society · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Disease · Distrust · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Population · Sierra leone · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Falling living standards during the Covid-19 crisis
Global health security
‘A tale of two paradoxes in response to Covid-19’
Covid-19 Pandemic at the Intersection of Ebola, Global Leadership, and the Opportunity to Decolonize the Political Economy of Sierra Leone
Lockdown measures in response to Covid-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries
Sars-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Sierra Leone, March 2021
Feminist Global Health Security
More than a public health crisis
Ebola and Covid-19 in Sierra Leone
An Ethnographic Examination of People’s Reactions to State-Led Covid-19 Measures in Sierra Leone
Local response in health emergencies
The urban penalty of Covid-19 lockdowns across the globe
Post-pandemic transformations
The Case of South Africa
African Responses to Covid-19
Reconceptualizing successful pandemic preparedness and response
Thanks to Corona virus
Public health and public trust
Threat not solution
Caregiving in Crisis
Mbas Mi
The Vulnerability and Resilience of African Food Systems, Food Security, and Nutrition in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Xenophobia's Contours During an Ebola Epidemic
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |