Amid so much negative and scary news about Ebola, this research paper on the experience of Nigeria where it has not spread widely after arriving by airplane gives great hope. I recommend it if you have time (It is 6 pages – updated to include references.).
Containing Ebola: A success story from an “unexpected” place?
The author, Kasirim Nwuke is a BU Ph.D. Here is his bio from the elearning-aftrica web site.
http://www.elearning-africa.com/profiles/profile_popup.php?address_id=595692&lang=4
Kasirim Nwuke
Kasirim Nwuke is Chief, New Technologies and Innovation at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He has thought in a number at a number of higher education institutions in the United States of America including Tufts University, Medford, MA; Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, and Northeastern University, Boston, MA. He been a Research Associate at Harvard University School of Public Health and the a Fellow in African Studies at the African Studies Centre, Boston University. He has held different positions at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and as Senior Economic Adviser to the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kasirim is the author (or lead author) of several research papers and reports and policy briefs on African economic development. Among books to which he has been a contributing author is “AdricaDotEdu: IT Opportunities and Higher Education in Africa” Maria Beebe et al. Kasirim holds a PhD in Economics from Boston University, Boston, MA.
Former BU professor and World Bank senior economist Mead Over has also been blogging on ebola in west africa. Here is one of his recent blogs.
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/understanding-world-banks-estimate-economic-damage-ebola-west-africa