Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath
I joined the University of Bath in September 2016 after a year in Northern Sierra Leone as a Research Fellow for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where I conducted social science research looking into community experiences of the West African Ebola outbreak and acceptability of biomedical interventions such as vaccine trials. Prior to that I completed my DPhil from Oxford University's Department of International Development. My doctorate explored the relationship between youth unemployment and political violence through qualitative research amongst urban youth in Sierra Leone.
Context matters in fighting Ebola: lessons from West Africa for the DRC
Jul 07, 2019 15:13 pm UTC| Health
There seems to be no end in sight to the Ebola outbreak that has swept through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last August. By 19 June, nearly 1500 people had died. Uganda is on high alert after three...
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