Institutions and Interventions: Putting Ebola in Context
by China Scherz
Media accounts of the current Ebola epidemic often cite culture as a key factor causing the virus to spread. Since the summer, images of funeral practices, bush meat […]
Perspectives on Politics, Health, Food Security and Land Rights
Discussion of the often-intersecting issues of politics, health, access to food, agriculture, land rights, and climate change.
In the News: Ebola, the role of NGOs, and Western Media
posted by Tanya Schwarz
Last month, the Independent shared Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s letter calling for the international community to act on the Ebola outbreak. She said:
The time […]
In the News: Ebola and the African Union
posted by Bangirana Albert Billy
With now over six months since the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, critics are beginning to question Africa’s commitment in responding to this looming catastrophe. The […]
Video – Public Health Seminar: Urban Mining and Disease Burden
by Dele Ogunseitan
October 2014
Electronic waste (e-waste) is currently a global predicament but it has a vanishing future. One Troy ounce (31 grams) of gold now sells for ~ $1,200 on […]
In the News: (In)equality and Ebola
posted by Tanya Schwarz
What is the role of economic (in)equality in local responses to Ebola? What are the economic consequences of the Ebola outbreak? Raymond Gilpin tackles these and other […]
In the News: More on Ebola
For this series of posts titled “Ebola in Perspective,” anthropologists weigh in on their own experiences in West Africa with the aim of countering the dominant narrative portraying the […]
In the News: Farmers and Indigenous Organizations Protest World Bank Rankings
(reposted from the Oakland Institute)
Press Release: Farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and NGOs Take to the Streets in Ten Cities Demanding an End to World Bank’s Morally Bankrupt Development
Groups Will Stage […]
In the News: Ebola and the aid industry
For Humanosphere, Gabe Spitzer talked with medical anthropologist James Pfeiffer for a podcast “How the aid and development industry helped cause Africa’s Ebola outbreak,” which critiques the development aid […]
In the News: Governments and NGOs in the Fight Against Ebola
Yesterday, The CIHA Blog assembled a number of articles about the ethics of treatment of the Ebola virus and the populations afflicted by it. Today, we are looking at […]