Anthropologists aid in the Ebola epidemic

HewlettVANCOUVER, Wash. – Barry Hewlett, a medical anthropologist at Washington State University Vancouver, states that efforts to contain outbreaks such as Ebola must be “culturally sensitive and appropriate…otherwise people are running away from actual care that is intended to help them.”

Read more at the Borgen Project blog at http://borgenproject.org/anthropologists-aid-in-the-ebola-epidemic/