International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe.

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dc.contributor.advisorScanlon, Helen
dc.contributor.authorNyaruwata, Chido
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-11T11:36:13Z
dc.date.available2020-11-11T11:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2020-11-11T10:05:56Z
dc.description.abstractCholera is a diarrhoeal disease caused by the infection of the intestine with bacterium vibrio cholera. The diarrhoeal disease is a recurrent feature of Zimbabwe's post 1990s history. From 1993 to 2018, the country has experienced several cholera outbreaks in both rural and urban areas. The country's worst cholera outbreak occurred in 2008/2009 and resulted in over 4000 deaths. The dissertation analyses three global health actors' responses to persistent cholera outbreaks in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. Building on previous scholarship of water, cholera and politics, the dissertation compares global health actors' responses to the 2008/2009 and September to November 2018 cholera outbreaks. The dissertation used the qualitative research method including analysis of existing academic literature, Zimbabwean national legislation, non-governmental organisation (NGO) publications and conference reports, news articles and Zimbabwean government policy documents. In-depth interviews with personnel from the World Health Organisation, United Nations Children's Fund, Médecins Sans Frontierès (Doctors without Borders) and the Harare City Council Health Department were conducted in Harare, Zimbabwe from June to July 2019. The dissertation demonstrates that the scope and speed of global health actors' emergency cholera interventions in Harare are shaped by Zimbabwe's political climate and the state of Harare's health, water and sanitation infrastructure.
dc.identifier.apacitationNyaruwata, C. (2020). <i>International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32380en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNyaruwata, Chido. <i>"International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32380en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNyaruwata, C. 2020. International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32380en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Nyaruwata, Chido AB - Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease caused by the infection of the intestine with bacterium vibrio cholera. The diarrhoeal disease is a recurrent feature of Zimbabwe's post 1990s history. From 1993 to 2018, the country has experienced several cholera outbreaks in both rural and urban areas. The country's worst cholera outbreak occurred in 2008/2009 and resulted in over 4000 deaths. The dissertation analyses three global health actors' responses to persistent cholera outbreaks in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. Building on previous scholarship of water, cholera and politics, the dissertation compares global health actors' responses to the 2008/2009 and September to November 2018 cholera outbreaks. The dissertation used the qualitative research method including analysis of existing academic literature, Zimbabwean national legislation, non-governmental organisation (NGO) publications and conference reports, news articles and Zimbabwean government policy documents. In-depth interviews with personnel from the World Health Organisation, United Nations Children's Fund, Médecins Sans Frontierès (Doctors without Borders) and the Harare City Council Health Department were conducted in Harare, Zimbabwe from June to July 2019. The dissertation demonstrates that the scope and speed of global health actors' emergency cholera interventions in Harare are shaped by Zimbabwe's political climate and the state of Harare's health, water and sanitation infrastructure. DA - 2020_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Cholera KW - Harare KW - Global Health Actors KW - Emergency Health Responses KW - Health Inequalities LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2020 T1 - International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe TI - International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32380 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/32380
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNyaruwata C. International Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2020 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32380en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectCholera
dc.subjectHarare
dc.subjectGlobal Health Actors
dc.subjectEmergency Health Responses
dc.subjectHealth Inequalities
dc.titleInternational Responses to Health Epidemics: An Analysis of Global Health Actors' Responses to Persistent Cholera Outbreaks in Harare, Zimbabwe.
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSocSci
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