Traditional funeral and burial rituals and Ebola outbreaks in West Africa: A narrative review of causes and strategy interventions

Introduction: In West Africa, traditional funerals and burials have proven main contributors to the spread of infectious diseases, such as Ebola, plague, the Marburg virus, and others. Although the World Health Organization has provided guidelines for the safe burial process after learning of the cu...

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Main Author: Chulwoo Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edizioni FS 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Health and Social Sciences
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