"A time of fear" : local, national, and international responses to a large Ebola outbreak in Uganda

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kinsman, John ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altruism; Ebola; Fear; Outbreak; Stigma; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CHRONOLOGY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANGER; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STIGMA; UGANDA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEAR; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

UGANDA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEAR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UGANDA;

EID: 84862218641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-15     Document Type: Article

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