The Politics of Fear is M¿cins sans Fronti¿s's commissioned analysis of the politics surrounding the 2014 Ebola epidemic and response. Comprising eleven topic-based chapters and four eyewitness vignettes from contributors inside and outside MSF.
The Politics of Fear is M¿cins sans Fronti¿s's commissioned analysis of the politics surrounding the 2014 Ebola epidemic and response. Comprising eleven topic-based chapters and four eyewitness vignettes from contributors inside and outside MSF.
Michiel Hofman worked on MSF field missions between 1993 and 1998 as Emergency Coordinator and Head of Mission in Liberia, DRC, Bosnia, Burundi, Sri Lanka, Brazil, South Sudan, and Kosovo, returning to his other career as freelance journalist between missions. Between 1999 and 2001, he co-founded the Antares Foundation, a Dutch non-profit organization that supports local NGOs in providing psycho-social support for staff working in high-stress environments. He returned to MSF in 2001 as Country Director in Russia, Operations Director in Amsterdam, and Country Director for Afghanistan. Since 2011 he has worked as senior humanitarian specialist for MSF based out of Belfast, concentrating on research, training, and operational support as well as publications in the humanitarian field. Sokhieng Au is a program staff member with the Advocacy and Analysis Unit of Médecins sans Frontières and a research fellow in the Cultural History since 1750 program at Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium. She earned a PhD in history from University of California, Berkeley, and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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* Section I. Terms of Engagement * 1. Ebola: The failure of global health governance? * Claire Wenham * 2. MSF and the Military * Adia Benton * 3. Fear and solidarity in global health: Médecins Sans Frontières and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa * Joao Nunes * Section II. Systems and Actors * 4. Between mistrust and routine: epidemic management in Guinea, Mali, and Niger * Jean-François Caremel * 5. Roll out of and response to the epidemic: Impressions from the field perspective * Thomas Kratz * 6. Collateral effects of Ebola virus disease on the national health programs in Guinea, 2014 * Niouma Nestor Leno * Section III. Therapeutics * 7. Unproven humanitarian assistance: MSF and the ethics of using experimental vaccines and treatments during the Ebola epidemic * Annette Rid * 8. Z-Mapp for white people only * Timothy O'Dempsey * 9. Balancing patient care, epidemic containment, and risks of staff contamination * Armand Sprecher * Section IV. (Im)mobility * 10. Care or containment? Field practices and perceptions of norms for contact follow up * Alice Desclaux, Stéphane Doyon, Khoudia Sow, and Almudena Mari Saez * 11. Challenges of Instituting Effective 'Medevac' Policies * Duncan McLean
* Section I. Terms of Engagement * 1. Ebola: The failure of global health governance? * Claire Wenham * 2. MSF and the Military * Adia Benton * 3. Fear and solidarity in global health: Médecins Sans Frontières and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa * Joao Nunes * Section II. Systems and Actors * 4. Between mistrust and routine: epidemic management in Guinea, Mali, and Niger * Jean-François Caremel * 5. Roll out of and response to the epidemic: Impressions from the field perspective * Thomas Kratz * 6. Collateral effects of Ebola virus disease on the national health programs in Guinea, 2014 * Niouma Nestor Leno * Section III. Therapeutics * 7. Unproven humanitarian assistance: MSF and the ethics of using experimental vaccines and treatments during the Ebola epidemic * Annette Rid * 8. Z-Mapp for white people only * Timothy O'Dempsey * 9. Balancing patient care, epidemic containment, and risks of staff contamination * Armand Sprecher * Section IV. (Im)mobility * 10. Care or containment? Field practices and perceptions of norms for contact follow up * Alice Desclaux, Stéphane Doyon, Khoudia Sow, and Almudena Mari Saez * 11. Challenges of Instituting Effective 'Medevac' Policies * Duncan McLean
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