Sökning: "Ebola virus disease"

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  1. 1. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Elisha Lawodo Bloe; [2023]
    Nyckelord :emergency response and recovery; humanitarian assistance; corruption; Ebola virus disease;

    Sammanfattning : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Mötet med Ebola : Sjuksköterskans upplevelser av att vårda i en ebolaepidemi

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Författare :Julia Emanuelsson; Denise Gustavsson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Ebola; Experience; Nurse; Nursing; Ebola; Sjuksköterska; Upplevelse; Vårda;

    Sammanfattning : Bakgrund: Ebolaviruset är en smitta med hög dödlighet som sprids via kroppsvätskor vilket ger influensaliknande symtom och blödningar. Sjuksköterskan ansvarar för att kontinuerligt utveckla vården och vårda patienter utifrån ett helhetsperspektiv. Flertalet brister i vården utgjorde hinder för omvårdnaden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Socio-Economic Determinants of Ebola Outbreak Intensity and Severity: A Study of the West-African Outbreak in 2013-2016

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Raoul Herbert; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Ebola; EVD; public health; SES; Economic History; Epidemics; Disease; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : This study uses a specifically constructed sub-national dataset on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak cases, deaths, and CFR in order to look at the question of how important various socio-economic factors were in determining the intensity and severity of the 2013-2016 EVD outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The results of the OLS model shows that the socio-economic conditions in different regions of the country were important indicators of the number of reported cases and deaths. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Left out and let down: A study on empowerment and access to education for young mothers in post-Ebola Sierra Leone

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Alexandra Pärnebjörk; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Adolescent pregnancy; Development; Education; Empowerment; Gender; Non-formal education; Reproductive health; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Sierra Leone has struggled with high rates of adolescent pregnancy for some time and reports have shown an increase in these figures during and following the unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease outbreak from 2014 through 15. As young girls are impregnated, it has long been customary for girls to drop out of school. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Community health workers as community health catalysts: lessons learned from the Ebola Disease Virus outbreak in Liberia

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Adam Isaiah Graham; [2017]
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