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dc.contributor.authorShelley-Egan, Clare
dc.contributor.authorDratwa, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-13T14:07:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-14T14:38:03Z
dc.date.available2019-11-13T14:07:14Z
dc.date.available2019-11-14T14:38:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-19
dc.identifier.citationShelley-Egan C, Dratwa J. Marginalisation, ebola and health for all: From outbreak to lessons learned. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019;16:3023(17):1-12en
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7830
dc.description.abstractThe Ebola epidemic in West Africa between 2014 and 2015 was the deadliest since the discovery of the virus four decades ago. With the second-largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease currently raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (DRC) it is clear that lessons from the past can be quickly forgotten—or be incomplete in the first instance. In this article, we seek to understand the health challenges facing marginalised people by elaborating on the multiple dimensions of marginalisation in the case of the West Africa Ebola epidemic. We trace and unpack modes of marginalisation, beginning with the “outbreak narrative” and its main components and go on to examine other framings, including the prioritisation of the present over the past, the positioning of ‘Us versus Them’; and the marginalisation—in responses to the outbreak—of traditional medicine, cultural practices and other practices around farming and hunting. Finally, we reflect on the ‘lessons learned’ framing, highlighting what is included and what is left out. In conclusion, we stress the need to acknowledge—and be responsive to—the ethical, normative framings of such marginalisation.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;Volume 16 Issue 17
dc.rightsThis article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMarginalisationsen
dc.subjectEbola outbreaksen
dc.subjectEpidemicsen
dc.subjectCrisesen
dc.subjectWest Africaen
dc.subjectGlobal healthen
dc.titleMarginalisation, ebola and health for all: From outbreak to lessons learneden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2019-11-13T14:07:14Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173023
dc.identifier.cristin1718203
dc.source.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health


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