First Blog Assignment 2014/15

The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa caused significant loss of life with huge social and economic losses.

Discuss how the history of this disease and health services in Nigeria impacted positively or negatively on control efforts.

What lessons should be learnt going forward ?.

Your comments are expected within one week from the time of this post. Any comment received after 12 noon of Monday, 6th July, 2015 becomes invalid. 

Please be reminded that the exercise forms a part of continuous assessment ratings for your performance in history of public health course. 

So feel free to share your comments

Thank you
Teaching Assistant

History of Public Health 2015 blog website

Welcome to History of Public Health 

(COM 701) 2015 blog website.

Here you are encouraged to feel free to share your comments in all discussions on this site.

Kindly note that this exercise forms a part of continuous assessment ratings for MPH students' performance in history of public health course.

Thank you
Teaching Assistant 

First blog assignment on History of Public Health

Health Care Workers were killed in the process of educating the public about Ebola in Conakry, Guinea. 

nypost.com/.../group-of-aid-workers-fighting-ebola-killed-by-african-vil...Sep 19, 2014 - CONAKRY, Guinea — The team of health officials accompanied by journalists ... them with knives and rocks and killing eight of them, witnesses say. ...radio journalists who had been covering the awareness campaigning.

Assignment: 

Could this event have been prevented by applying lessons from the previous epidemics ?

What is your reaction about this news ? 

Post your comments, opinions and questions for discussion with your colleagues and faculty.

Your comments are expected between now and exactly 2 weeks from the time of this post. Any comment received after 12 noon of 17th October, 2014 becomes invalid.

        

Welcome to the COM 701 blog website.

Please feel free to share your comments in all discussions on this site.

Kindly note that this exercise forms a part of continuous assessment ratings for MPH students' performance in history of public health.