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SUMMARY:Ebola and beyond: Interlaced inequalities\, unsustainabilities and
  insecurities in a global development era - Professor Melissa Leach\, Inst
 itute of Development Studies
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CONTACT:Charlie Barlow
DESCRIPTION:As the Ebola crisis continues to unfold across West Africa and
  the international community belatedly but now intensely responds\, bigger
 \, broader questions arise beyond the immediate challenges on the ground. 
 What does the Ebola crisis reveal about contemporary patterns of environme
 nt\, health and development? What would it take to build more equal\, sust
 ainable and resilient societies and systems\, so that the events we are se
 eing in 2014 do not happen again? Can this crisis provide a moment for ref
 raming development\, in the region and beyond? In order to understand the 
 causes and consequences of this particular outbreak\, and to prevent such 
 disasters in the future\, our attention must turn to why such outbreaks oc
 cur in the first place and why they often have such devastating impacts in
  some places and times and not in others. The magnitude and persistence of
  the current crisis has exposed the hazards of living in a highly intercon
 nected yet inequitable global political and economic system\, and the cons
 equences that can emerge from underdevelopment and related ‘structural v
 iolence’. In turn\, reflecting on these processes can help define future
  research and development priorities for a world where the risks of zoonot
 ic disease emergence are growing.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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