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Melissa Leach

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Hinchliffe S, Blanchette A, Chan K, Degeling C, Emel J, Leach M, et al.
R Soc Open Sci . 2024 Jul; 11(7):231709. PMID: 39021776
The emergence of zoonotic infections that can develop into pathogens of pandemic potential is a major concern for public health. The risks of emergence and transmission relate to multiple factors...
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Leach M, MacGregor H, Ripoll S, Scoones I, Wilkinson A
Crit Public Health . 2023 Jan; 32(1):82-96. PMID: 36618759
This paper argues for a rethinking of disease preparedness that puts incertitude and the politics of knowledge at the centre. Through examining the experiences of Ebola, Nipah, cholera and COVID-19...
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Parker M, Baluku M, Ozunga B, Okello B, Kermundu P, Akello G, et al.
Soc Sci Med . 2022 Nov; 314:115482. PMID: 36370659
The UN Security Council's response to Ebola in 2014 legitimised militarised responses. It also influenced responses to COVID-19 in some African countries. Yet, little is known about the day-to-day impacts...
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Leach M, MacGregor H, Akello G, Babawo L, Baluku M, Desclaux A, et al.
Soc Sci Med . 2022 Mar; 298:114826. PMID: 35228096
Global debates about vaccines as a key element of pandemic response and future preparedness in the era of Covid-19 currently focus on questions of supply, with attention to global injustice...
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MacGregor H, Leach M, Akello G, Babawo L, Baluku M, Desclaux A, et al.
Med Anthropol . 2022 Jan; 41(1):19-33. PMID: 34994676
This article shares findings on COVID-19 in Africa across 2020 to examine concepts and practices of epidemic preparedness and response. Amidst uncertainties about the trajectory of COVID-19, the stages of...
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MacGregor H, Leach M, Tshangela A, Hrynick T, Lees S, Niederberger E, et al.
Fam Med Community Health . 2021 Apr; 9(2). PMID: 33811088
No abstract available.
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Leach M, MacGregor H, Scoones I, Wilkinson A
World Dev . 2020 Oct; 138:105233. PMID: 33100478
COVID-19 is proving to be the long awaited 'big one': a pandemic capable of bringing societies and economies to their knees. There is an urgent need to examine how COVID-19...
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Dietler D, Leuenberger A, Bempong N, Campbell-Lendrum D, Cramer C, Eggen R, et al.
J Glob Health . 2019 Sep; 9(2):020201. PMID: 31489184
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Stafford-Smith M, Griggs D, Gaffney O, Ullah F, Reyers B, Kanie N, et al.
Sustain Sci . 2018 Aug; 12(6):911-919. PMID: 30147763
On 25 September, 2015, world leaders met at the United Nations in New York, where they adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. These 17 goals and 169 targets set out an...