The Effectiveness Of International Non-Governmental Organizations’ Response Operations During Public Health Emergency: Lessons Learned From The 2014 Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone

Keywords

Ebola outbreak; International nongovernmental organization; Public health emergency responses; Sierra leone

Abstract

International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGOs) have played critical roles in improving the quality of primary health care in ordinary time and, indeed, responding to epidemic crises in developing countries. Due to a lack of empirical research for effectiveness of their responding activities, the legitimacy and accountability of nonprofits’ engagement in the health crisis as a critical responder is doubted. This paper aims to examine the effectiveness of INGOs in a context of managing a fatal epidemic outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone during May-November, 2014; building healthcare infrastructures, providing medical supplies, educating local residents, and training response staffs. The analysis results show that development of healthcare infrastructures and provision of medical supplies have been significantly effective in terms of decreasing the severity of the crisis in chiefdoms. The findings imply that policy tools, which allow INGOs to enter to the field in a timely manner, can improve the effectiveness of INGOs’ responses in current and future epidemic outbreaks in developing countries where people suffer from a lack of health infrastructures.

Publication Date

4-1-2018

Publication Title

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volume

15

Issue

4

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040650

Socpus ID

85044931881 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85044931881

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