Humanitarian morals and money: health sector financing and the prelude to the Liberian Ebola epidemic;Morals humanitaires et argent: le financement du secteur de la santé et le prélude à l'épidémie d'Ebola au Libéria

Critical African Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 319-334

  Abramowitz, Sharon Alane ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; health; health systems; humanitarian assistance; Liberia; post conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990247492     PISSN: 21681392     EISSN: 20407211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21681392.2016.1221735     Document Type: Article

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