Collaborative Public Health Management of Ebola in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12355232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Mameli (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 199-207 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Peace Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-2659 • E-ISSN: 1469-9982 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10402659.2019.1667570 |
| OpenAlex | W2985658856 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This essay considers the management of infectious disease through the prism of recent Ebola epidemics on the African continent. A review of country experiences suggests that securing working relationships among multiple actors within a global infrastructure of collaborative health governance offers a productive means for redressing viral spread. It is further argued that as various domains and sectors of the international system become more tightly interlaced to face common health threats, the ability to grow what Galtung referred to as “positive peace” increases. In this context, positive peace is conceptualized as bonds of support emerging from crisis settings that expand politically, socially and economically beyond disease events. Ultimately these bonds chasten a variety of forms of violence. This is opposed to “negative peace,” which reflects an absence of personal violence. The recent history of Ebola in Africa offers observers the opportunity to explore these themes in greater detail, and provides evidence of efforts to build infrastructure that can create more peaceful, mutually beneficial relationships on the common ground of pursuing public health. It also displays how direct human aggression rooted in long standing structural and cultural chains of violence can interrupt, impede and even destroy such efforts, ultimately leading to the possible letting loose of an illness that could reach transnational and even pandemic proportions
Business · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public health · Public relations · Sociology · Structural violence · Global Security and Public Health · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
| Highly cited | No |
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