Resources

Haemorrhagic fevers: Narratives, politics and pathways. In Epidemics: Science, governance and social justice

This article discusses four main narratives about haemorrhagic fevers in global health discourse that shape international response: "A global threat: tackling the emerging plague out-of-Africa", "Deadly local disease events: the building of universal rapid response", "Culture and context: building positively on local knowledge", and "Mysteries and mobility: taking long-term ecological and social dynamics seriously". The article shows how each of these narratives are view haemorrhagic fevers in different ways. These are promoted and adhered to by particular actors and institutions by drawing on different forms of knowledge and ‘cultural models’ of disease. This has implications for the ways priorities for response are established, and the kinds of resources that are made available to fight disease.

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Epidemics: Science, governance, and social justice

This book focuses on how different policy-makers, scientists, and local populations construct alternative narratives-accounts of the causes and appropriate responses to outbreaks- about epidemics at the global, national and local level. The contrast between emergency-oriented, top-down responses to what are perceived as potentially global outbreaks and longer-term approaches to diseases, such as AIDS, which may now be considered endemic, is highlighted.

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Getting to zero: A doctor and a diplomat on the Ebola frontline

This book exposes the often shocking shortcomings of the humanitarian response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, both locally and internationally, and calls attention to the immense courage of those who put their lives on the line every day to contain the disease.

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