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Roles of religious actors in the West African Ebola response

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ID7744323
AuthorsKatherine Marshall (0000-0002-0188-2530, Georgetown University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue5
Pages622-633
Publication date2017-07-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2017.1327573
OpenAlexW2736379832
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

More than 11,000 people died during the 2014–15 Ebola epidemic. It devastated the communities concerned and set back progress in building health systems and socio-economic development more broadly. Concentrated in three poor West African countries, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the tremors reverberated worldwide, spurring mobilisation of vast human and financial resources. The epidemic highlighted contemporary challenges for public health, particularly in fragile states, with lessons extending far beyond health sectors. Religious actors played distinctive roles at various points and across different sectors. This article focuses on religious responses to the 2014 Ebola epidemic and implications for public health practitioners

Civil society · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Private sector · Public health · Sierra leone · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Medicine · Religion, Society, and Development · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

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Unique citing works8
Citations per year1,14
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 8
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