Paul Richards, Author at African Arguments

Author: Paul Richards

Paul Richards

Paul Richards is an anthropologist with experience of living and working in West Africa over several decades. He is a professor at Njala University in Sierra Leone. He is author of Ebola: How a People's Science Helped End an Epidemic (2016).

Covid-19 Debating Ideas Public Health

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Preparing for Covid-19 in Africa

Preparing for Covid-19 in Africa

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Covid-19 Debating Ideas Public Health

By Paul Richards
March 17, 2020
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What Might Africa Teach the World? Covid-19 and Ebola Virus Disease Compared

What might Africa teach the world? Covid-19 and Ebola Virus Disease compared

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By Paul Richards
May 19, 2016
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How black bin bags and common sense helped end an epidemic, and what we can learn from it

Rather than formal health systems, it was local common sense, allied to local ingenuity, that was crucial in ending Ebola. Is it time for a bottom-up ...

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Preparing for Covid-19 in Africa

What Might Africa Teach the World? Covid-19 and Ebola Virus Disease Compared

How black bin bags and common sense helped end an epidemic, and what we can learn from it