CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Szászi, Zoltán |
|---|---|
| Title | The West African Ebola outbreak and the development of health |
| Summary | This thesis studies the reasons of the 2013-2016 West African Ebola pandemic. Its field of inquiry is the reasons behind the differing mortality rates in the West African countries throughout the course of the crisis. In order to study this, the thesis relies on a qualitative focused comparison case study methodology. Based on the relevant literature, a theoretic framework and a dedicated research methodology studies the major epidemiological, health policy-related, international, governmental and societal factors of the pandemic. The primary findings suggest that although much progress had been made in the development of health in West Africa, primarily, in Liberia, following the two-decades-long period of civil war and political unrest, there still were major shortcomings. The health governance of development policy suffers from major structural issues and the infrastructures in the countries were not prepared for horizontal epidemiological threats. The societies were also very unprepared for the nature and magnitude of the crisis. Furthermore, the thesis suggests possible avenues of policy development to better prepare for future threats. |
| Supervisor | Bodenstein, Thilo |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/szaszi_zoltan.pdf |
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