The Political Economy of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD); Taking Individual and Community Ownership in the Prevention and Control of EVD

Obilade, Titilola T.

The Political Economy of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD); Taking Individual and Community Ownership in the Prevention and Control of EVD

dc.contributor.author	Obilade, Titilola T.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-03T16:39:14Z	en
dc.date.available	2015-03-03T16:39:14Z	en
dc.date.issued	2015-01-28	en
dc.description.abstract	The outbreak of an emerging infectious disease of zoonotic origin has exposed the weaknesses in the health systems of the nations affected. The purpose of this paper was to explore the political economy of the existing outcome of the management strategies. In addition, it proposed a new strategy in the management of the current Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak. This paper admits that the current management strategy which is a top to bottom approach has not worked in reducing the spread of the disease. Instead of waiting for the disease before treatment is commenced, this paper suggests aggressively preventing infection from the EVD. It presents a bottom to top approach where there is individual ownership and community ownership in the prevention and control of the EVD outbreak. In addition, the paper presents the socio-economic situation of the three most affected countries including the ecology and stigmatization of EVD. It highlights the need for cross border surveillance across the West African nations to prevent importation of the disease as occurred in Nigeria and Senegal. It points out the need for aggressive international cooperation, an aggressive prevention and a sustainable control strategy.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Obilade, T. T. (2015). The Political Economy of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD); Taking Individual and Community Ownership in the Prevention and Control of EVD. Healthcare, 2015(3). doi: 10.3390/healthcare3010036	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3010036	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51579	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	MDPI	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/	en
dc.subject	Ebola virus disease	en
dc.subject	West Africa	en
dc.subject	political economy	en
dc.subject	socio-economic	en
dc.subject	outbreak	en
dc.subject	stigmatization	en
dc.subject	Nigeria	en
dc.subject	ownership	en
dc.subject	community	en
dc.subject	Ebola	en
dc.title	The Political Economy of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD); Taking Individual and Community Ownership in the Prevention and Control of EVD	en
dc.title.serial	Healthcare	en
dc.type	Article - Refereed	en