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La Palabre: A New Schema for Global Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2016

William Patrick Luan Open the ORCID record for William Patrick Luan [Opens in a new window]  and
Paul Reed
William Patrick Luan*
Affiliation:
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Paul Reed
Affiliation:
Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rockville, Maryland.
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Correspondence and reprint requests to William Patrick Luan, BSPH, BA, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814 (e-mail: william-patrick.luan@usuhs.edu).
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Abstract

The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa has led to a paradigm shift in the way the global community responds to outbreaks of disease. This new paradigm places even greater emphasis on collaboration in global health. The palabre, the traditional African practice of mediation and decision-making in the public sphere, offers a schema from which to view current and future global health engagement. This process of dialogue and exchange has many applications to global health exemplified recently by the West African Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI), a follow-on activity to the Operation United Assistance (OUA) Ebola Response effort. WADPI, utilizing the structure of a palabre, seeks to catalyze and synergize constructive collaboration to set a foundation for disaster response in West Africa for years to come. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:541–543)

Keywords

disaster medicinedisaster planningdisease outbreaksemergency preparedness
Type
Commentary
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , August 2016 , pp. 541 - 543
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2016 

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