The Ebola Crisis and Post-2015 Development

Journal of International Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 816-834

  Leach, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebola; Post 2015 development; Structural violence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; SECURITY; SUSTAINABILITY; VIOLENCE; VULNERABILITY;

GUINEA; LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA]; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84938559086     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.3112     Document Type: Article

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