Honors Program Theses
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Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
Kenneth Basom
Keywords
Ebola virus disease; Epidemics--Political aspects--Africa, West; Emergency management--Political aspects--Africa, West;
Abstract
The Ebola crisis of 2014, though concentrated most heavily in three small countries in western Africa, awoke the international community to its lack of effective health crisis infrastructure. As the disease rocked the globe, multinational groups scrambled to help those directly affected and protect the overwhelming majority of people not directly affected. Most preventative measures failed, and pre-existing initiatives to stem the flow of the disease only served to open the floodgates more. After careful examination of the literature surrounding medical, cultural, financial, national, and global circumstances enabling Ebola to flourish, as well as applying individual analysis and examination, it is evident certain changes must be made.
Year of Submission
2015
Department
Department of Political Science
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
2015
Object Description
1 PDF file (33 pages)
Copyright
© 2015 Maddison Zayn Jansen
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jansen, Maddison Zayn, "Diagnosing an international health crisis: A structural exploration of Ebola 2014" (2015). Honors Program Theses. 197.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/197
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