Non-conventional humanitarian interventions on Ebola outbreak crisis in West Africa: Health, ethics and legal implications

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tambo, Ernest ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Ebola; Ethics; Humanitarian crisis; Legal; Non conventional; Response

Indexed keywords

EBOLA VACCINE;

AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84930189583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-3-42     Document Type: Review

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