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Social Mobilization and Community Engagement Central to the Ebola Response in West Africa: Lessons for Future Public Health Emergencies

Amaya M Gillespie, Rafael Obregon, Rania El Asawi, Catherine Richey, Erma Manoncourt, Kshiitij Joshi, Savita Naqvi, Ade Pouye, Naqibullah Safi, Ketan Chitnis and Sabeeha Quereshi
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2016, 4(4):626-646; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00226
Amaya M Gillespie
a United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), New York, NY, USA.
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Rafael Obregon
b United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA.
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Rania El Asawi
c UNICEF, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Catherine Richey
b United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA.
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  • For correspondence: crichey{at}unicef.org
Erma Manoncourt
a United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), New York, NY, USA.
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Kshiitij Joshi
d UNICEF, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Savita Naqvi
e UNICEF, Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal.
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Ade Pouye
f UNICEF, Conakry, Guinea.
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Naqibullah Safi
c UNICEF, Monrovia, Liberia.
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Ketan Chitnis
b United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA.
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Sabeeha Quereshi
b United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA.
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vol. 4 no. 4 626-646
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00226
PubMed 
28031301

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Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: July 14, 2016
  • Accepted: November 11, 2016
  • Published online December 28, 2016.

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© Gillespie et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00226

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  1. Amaya M Gillespiea,
  2. Rafael Obregonb,
  3. Rania El Asawic,
  4. Catherine Richeyb⇑,
  5. Erma Manoncourta,
  6. Kshiitij Joshid,
  7. Savita Naqvie,
  8. Ade Pouyef,
  9. Naqibullah Safic,
  10. Ketan Chitnisb,
  11. Sabeeha Quereshib
  1. a United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), New York, NY, USA.
  2. b United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA.
  3. c UNICEF, Monrovia, Liberia.
  4. d UNICEF, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
  5. e UNICEF, Regional Office, Dakar, Senegal.
  6. f UNICEF, Conakry, Guinea.
  1. Correspondence to Catherine Richey (crichey{at}unicef.org).
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