Africans in the Diaspora-The Hidden Force: Economics, Investment, Skilled Workforce and Public Health
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Africans in the Diaspora-The Hidden Force: Economics, Investment, Skilled Workforce and Public Health.
In: Tangwa, Godfrey B; Abayomi, Akin; Ujewe, Samuel J; Munung, Nchangwi Syntia, (eds.)
Socio-cultural Dimensions of Emerging Infectious Diseases in Africa: An Indigenous Response to Deadly Epidemics.
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland AG, pp. 135-142.
ISBN 9783030174736
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17474-3_12
The Ebola epidemic outbreak in West Africa (2013–2016) left few Africans indifferent. A significant group that contributed appreciably towards the containment of the epidemic was Diaporan Africans. In this chapter we highlight the contribution of Africans living outside the continent, especially during the West African Ebola epidemic outbreak. Their contributions complemented, in many ways, the efforts on the ground to contain the epidemic in West Africa. This chapter includes the personal narratives of two diasporans: Dr. Marion Koso-Thomas, an African Diasporan in the United States and Dr. Muhammed Afolabi, an African Diasporan in Africa but living outside his home country.
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