Data Sharing in Public Health Emergencies: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on Data Sharing During the 2014-2016 Ebola Epidemic and the 2016 Yellow Fever Epidemic

Source: Wellcome Trust. Published: 11/26/2018. This 124-page book, published with the U.K. Department for International Development, details how the Ebola virus disease and yellow fever epidemics demonstrated two radically different models for data sharing during epidemic response. The role of the nation-state as a focal point in arbitrating data access was subject to continuous testing and was managed quite differently by different national governments. These issues are addressed in the case studies. (Text)
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