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What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issues and actors described in the article?

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 5:58pm
  1. With the lack of understanding of new disease (in this case, Ebola for the villagers), the trust crisis is easily raised up between publics and aid workers due to the fear of unknown things.
  2. The number of death been announced can violate the faith that publics put into the aid workers. Acts of violence are the fears from the publics.
  3. There is a lack of medical education in the area like Western African, Ebola has been there for three times since 1970s, and the publics still not having the correct perception on the disease awareness.
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How does the article address public health inequities or emergency response?

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 5:57pm

Due to the trust crisis between the groups, public health cannot be improved via the service from the medical centers. General publics are refused to get into contacts with aid workers.

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What actors (individuals or organizations) are referred to? (Provide names and short descriptions)

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 5:57pm

In this article, the main agencies been depicted are the local publics and the health centers. From the reports, Guinea medical centers and aid works are the main targets that received violence acts and harassments from the general publics. Whereas the publics have the perception that aid workers such as doctors and nurses are the transporters of the virus within the local communities.  

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What is the main point of the article, and how is it supported?

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 5:57pm

The article has reveal the trust issue (crisis) dealing between the local publics and the health department workers on the spread of Ebola (and anyone that assist with the work of spreading the awareness of Ebola). This issue is revealed via the several violence acts happened in the area. These cases are reported with briefs of scenes and relevant data.

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How did the author of the article conduct their research?

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 5:57pm

The information of the article was collected by investigating several news agencies. For example, a team of journalists from the Guardian and health works went to the distant village of Guinea to cross the words about Ebola. From the words of the Guinea village chief, journalists from other news agencies are also known.

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What two (or more) quotes capture the message of the article?

Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 5:56pm

“… the murders occurred where it all began — in the remote forests of southeast Guinea, where superstition overwhelms education and whispers of Ebola stoke fear and sometimes violence.”

“The increase in violence marks a new dark chapter in the fight against Ebola…”

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