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Infectious disease: Tough choices to reduce Ebola transmission

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  • Christopher J. M. Whitty

    (Christopher J. M. Whitty is chief scientific adviser at the UK Department for International Development.)

  • Jeremy Farrar

    (Jeremy Farrar is director of the Wellcome Trust in London, UK.)

  • Neil Ferguson

    (Neil Ferguson is professor of mathematical biology at Imperial College London, UK.)

  • W. John Edmunds

    (W. John Edmunds is professor of infectious-disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.)

  • Peter Piot

    (Peter Piot is director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.)

  • Melissa Leach

    (Melissa Leach is director of the Institute for Development Studies in Brighton, UK.)

  • Sally C. Davies

    (Sally C. Davies is chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser at the UK Department of Health.)

Abstract

Christopher J. M. Whitty and colleagues explain why the United Kingdom is funding many small community centres to isolate suspected cases in Sierra Leone.

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  • Christopher J. M. Whitty & Jeremy Farrar & Neil Ferguson & W. John Edmunds & Peter Piot & Melissa Leach & Sally C. Davies, 2014. "Infectious disease: Tough choices to reduce Ebola transmission," Nature, Nature, vol. 515(7526), pages 192-194, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:515:y:2014:i:7526:d:10.1038_515192a
    DOI: 10.1038/515192a
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    Cited by:

    1. Darin Christensen & Oeindrila Dube & Johannes Haushofer & Bilal Siddiqi & Maarten Voors, 2021. "Building Resilient Health Systems: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone and The 2014 Ebola Outbreak," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 136(2), pages 1145-1198.
    2. Georgalakis, James, 2020. "A disconnected policy network: The UK's response to the Sierra Leone Ebola epidemic," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 250(C).
    3. Calain, Philippe & Poncin, Marc, 2015. "Reaching out to Ebola victims: Coercion, persuasion or an appeal for self-sacrifice?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 126-133.

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