Ebola
New Blog Series: “Track Changes”
This week we inaugurate the new series, “Track Changes,” on the CIHA Blog. In this feature, we link to online content that we have found to be problematic in its […]
“Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of”…. Band-Aid 2014’s “Crumbs from Your Table”*
by Cecelia Lynch
Have we learned nothing?! Thirty years ago, the Band-Aid video showed pop stars with 1980s hair raising funds for “Africa.” But it wasn’t for […]
In the News: Ebola, Western Interventions, and Local Agency
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
Yet another unique and analytical contribution to the vexing Ebola crisis question. Gregg Gonsalves in “Why rushing off to fight Ebola in West Africa isn’t the right choice” highlights […]
In the News: “Militarizing Global Health”
posted by Carrie Reiling
When the United States sent army advisors to Liberia to construct clinics in the fight against Ebola in the region, some worried that the deployment was a […]
Institutions and Interventions: Putting Ebola in Context
by China Scherz
Media accounts of the current Ebola epidemic often cite culture as a key factor causing the virus to spread. Since the summer, images of funeral practices, bush meat […]
In the News: Ebola, the role of NGOs, and Western Media
posted by Tanya Schwarz
Last month, the Independent shared Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s letter calling for the international community to act on the Ebola outbreak. She said:
The time […]
In the News: Ebola and the African Union
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
With now over six months since the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, critics are beginning to question Africa’s commitment in responding to this looming catastrophe. The […]
In the News: (In)equality and Ebola
posted by Tanya Schwarz
What is the role of economic (in)equality in local responses to Ebola? What are the economic consequences of the Ebola outbreak? Raymond Gilpin tackles these and other […]