Chapter 6 contents Malaria Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) Leishmaniases Intestinal protozoan infections (parasitic diarrhoea) Flukes Schistosomiases Cestodes Nematode infections Filariasis ... Onchocerciasis (river blindness) Loiasis. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) more

The paper sets out the specific communication challenge posed by Ebola and why it was so difficult to get to grips with this in the early months of the outbreak. It thendocuments when the health communication response became more useful and explores what that tells us about effective media and commu ... nication. Finally, it offers recommendations to ensure that media and communication are used to their full potential during other disease outbreaks and humanitarian crisis more