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1	Protection of the right of healthcare of people infected with ebola virus disease (EVD) : a human rights-based approach Nwafor, Gloria Chidimma January 2016 (has links) LLM / Department of Public Law / Human rights are those inalienable rights of an individual by virtue of being a human being. They are guaranteed by various domestic and international instruments. This research argues that despite the existence of these instruments and wide acceptances of international human rights standards that seek to protect the right to healthcare, the people infected with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are victims of a wide range of constraints to their right to healthcare as a result of the failure by the governments of the respective nations where the impacts of the EVD are mostly felt to discharge their obligations under those instruments. The rights of the people infected with EVD are often violated because of their presumed or known EVD status, causing them to suffer both the burden of the disease and the social burden of discrimination and stigmatisation which could deter the infected persons from accessing available treatment. This would invariably contribute to the spread of the disease. The research further exposes the dilemma posed by the EVD to the healthcare system, where healthcare providers are caught between the rock of selfpreservation from a highly virulent disease and the hard place of discharging their Hippocratic Oath which prescribes ethical guidelines for the discharge of the duties of the medical profession. The present research, which is novel in the field of medico-legal research, seeks to proffer answers to this conundrum. Ebola Victims Healthcare Human rights Nigeria Liberia Guinea Sierra Leone 344.03216 Right to health care -- Nigeria Right to health care -- Liberia Right to health care -- Guinea Right to health care -- Sierra Leone Ebola virus disease -- Nigeria Ebola virus disease -- Liberia Ebola virus disease -- Guinea Ebola virus disease -- Sierra Leone Human rights -- Nigeria Human rights -- Liberia Human rights -- Guinea Human rights -- Sierra Leone

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Protection of the right of healthcare of people infected with ebola virus disease (EVD) : a human rights-based approach