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The Ebola outbreak in comparison: Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire
Der Ebola-Ausbruch im Vergleich: Liberia und Côte d'Ivoire
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
Abstract West Africa has been fighting its first epidemic of the Ebola virus disease for more than a year now. Despite a decline of infections, especially in urban centres, new cases still emerge and call for continued vigilance. According to the WHO, there have been 26,044 cases with 10,808 mortalities as o... mehr
West Africa has been fighting its first epidemic of the Ebola virus disease for more than a year now. Despite a decline of infections, especially in urban centres, new cases still emerge and call for continued vigilance. According to the WHO, there have been 26,044 cases with 10,808 mortalities as of April 22, 2015. Though Sierra Leone has by now experienced the highest number of cases, overall mortality rates are higher in Liberia, where almost half of those infected died (4,573 of 10,212). No case has been recorded in Côte d'Ivoire. Why has there not been a single official case in Côte d’Ivoire despite the fact that it shares large parts of its border with Liberia and Guinea? Apart from the slow reactions from international organizations, with some notable exceptions, there are a number of domestic reasons why measures against the spread of Ebola took a long time to take effect. This includes weak state institutions and a lack of trust. In those countries in which Ebola spread most rapidly, public infrastructure is in much worse condition than in countries where the disease could be contained, or where there have been no cases so far like in Côte d'Ivoire. The high number of international organizations present in Liberia has contributed to uncoordinated and partial reconstruction efforts. Emphasis has been on the Security Sector Reform - at the expense of the health system and other public services. A long history of negative experiences with the Liberian state, coupled with two civil wars has deepened citizens' mistrust towards state actors and institutions. Côte d'Ivoire has a comparatively good infrastructure with a better-equipped health care sector. A solid communications infrastructure in Côte d'Ivoire, which was extended during the peace process, has allowed the state to mobilize and alert large parts of the population early on.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Westafrika; Elfenbeinküste; Liberia; Epidemie; Gesundheitsversorgung; Gesundheitswesen; Gesundheitspolitik; medizinische Versorgung; soziale Infrastruktur; internationale Hilfe; Entwicklungsland
Klassifikation
Gesundheitspolitik
Medizinsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Ebola
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Erscheinungsort
Hamburg
Seitenangabe
8 S.
Schriftenreihe
GIGA Focus International Edition, 3
ISSN
2196-3940
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung