This book provides a timely examination of the Ebola pandemic in Sierra Leone from four
different standpoints: 1) a social standpoint that focuses on the way in which the vulnerable
Sierra Leonian population viewed the pandemic in light of their cultural beliefs memories of
past wars and narratives and actions of the government 2) a good governance standpoint that
exposes lapses in health governance and the general unpreparedness of the government and
international community to deal with the outbreak 3) a scientific research standpoint that
looks at the role played by the Sierra Leone's Lassa Fever Research Laboratories as a main hub
for the investigation monitoring and evaluation of communicable diseases in the Mano River
Union countries and 4) an international politics standpoint that examines the development of a
new bio-security international apparatus involving a wide range of international actors and
institutions.
