ebola treatment and prevention are not the only battles: understanding ebola-related fear and stigma

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma

Ebola treatment and prevention are not the only battles: understanding Ebola-related fear and stigma.

Dear Editor, Although Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) had already taken hundreds of lives in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone, it was only declared an ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’ in early August when the world started to panic from the possibility of EVD getting out of African borders a fear that was spreading much faster than the virus itself (1,2). The underlying causes of t...

Ebola, fear and preparedness

Dear Editor, The editorial on “Ebola, fear and preparedness” is very inter­ esting [1]. As noted in the Editorial, “it is necessary for South Korea to make strategies to the outbreak by using present facil­ ities as quickly as possible [1].” and “it is also imperative that the government establish suitable communication with its citi­ zens to prevent the spread of uninformed fear and anxiety re...

On fear, distrust, and Ebola.

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Battling Ebola: the virus and the fear.

Ebola Infection and Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. The disease can be seen in every country around the world. It is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present. In the era of the new emerging diseases, the concern on the effect of new diseases on diabetes should be discussed. For example, in the case of new emerging zoonotic infl...