Haemorrhagic Fevers in Africa: Narratives, Politics and Pathways of Disease and Response
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Tackling viral haemorrhagic fever in Africa
Outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers, such as the Ebola virus disease epidemic in west Africa, have caught the attention of the global health community because of perceived and real threats to local, national, and global health security and their economic impact. Although viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks primarily affect settings in which pathogens emerge from animal hosts, they also have t...
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