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Ebola and the production of neglect in global health

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This article argues that the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa reinscribed the neglect that has surrounded this disease. The argument develops theoretical tools for understanding how neglect is produced in global health. Arguing that neglect is connected with the production of harm and vulnerability, it stresses the importance of emotions in issue-prioritisation in global health. Focusing on the dynamics of abjection, the article shows how the 2014 Ebola outbreak was framed as a (racialised) African problem and obfuscated by a political and media spectacle. The result was the preference for short-term crisis-management responses that detracted from long-term structural solutions.

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  • João Nunes, 2016. "Ebola and the production of neglect in global health," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(3), pages 542-556, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:37:y:2016:i:3:p:542-556
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1124724
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    1. Kelly, Ann H. & Lezaun, Javier & Löwy, Ilana & Matta, Gustavo Corrêa & de Oliveira Nogueira, Carolina & Rabello, Elaine Teixeira, 2020. "Uncertainty in times of medical emergency: Knowledge gaps and structural ignorance during the Brazilian Zika crisis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 246(C).
    2. Clarice Mota & Leny A. B. Trad & Lisa Dikomitis, 2022. "Sickle Cell Disease in Bahia, Brazil: The Social Production of Health Policies and Institutional Neglect," Societies, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-20, July.
    3. N. Jensen & A. H. Kelly & M. Avendano, 2021. "The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for an equity-focused global health agenda," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6, December.
    4. Clare Shelley-Egan & Jim Dratwa, 2019. "Marginalisation, Ebola and Health for All: From Outbreak to Lessons Learned," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-12, August.

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