Non-Government Organizations and the Fight Against Ebola: Identifying the Types of Aid Most Provided by Non-Government Organizations During the 2013-2015 Ebola Crisis

Cook, Bennett

Non-Government Organizations and the Fight Against Ebola: Identifying the Types of Aid Most Provided by Non-Government Organizations During the 2013-2015 Ebola Crisis

Persistent URL

http://hdl.handle.net/10456/42901

Author(s)

Cook, Bennett

Date Issued

April 28, 2017

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to identify what was the most given type of aid by non-government organizations (NGOs) was in response to the 2013-2015 Ebola virus outbreak in the countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The types of aid were split into 20 separate categories. Data was collected on 67 NGOs who were listed on The Center for International Disaster Information’s website. The actual data was retrieved from the websites and affiliate sites of the NGOs being examined. The format of the data was usually self-reported, and was in other varying formats depending on the organizations. The data was then put into a spreadsheet on Microsoft Excel for analysis. It was determined at the end of the study that providing community education to communities who were at risk of coming into contact with the virus, or who already had been affected by the virus, was the most frequently given type of aid by NGOs. Several other areas of aid that had large contributions of aid were training healthcare workers and providing personal protective equipment. Several patterns were also found within the community education data regarding how the community education was provided or supplemented. It was found that many NGOs also made use of pamphlets and radio messages to educate populations about the virus.

Major

Global Health Studies

First Reader(s)

Dawson, Rebecca S.