Luan William Patrick, Reed Paul
1Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda,Maryland.
2Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Rockville,Maryland.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2016 Aug;10(4):541-3. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2015.191. Epub 2016 Mar 7.
The Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa has led to a paradigm shift in the way the global community responds to outbreaks of disease. This new paradigm places even greater emphasis on collaboration in global health. The palabre, the traditional African practice of mediation and decision-making in the public sphere, offers a schema from which to view current and future global health engagement. This process of dialogue and exchange has many applications to global health exemplified recently by the West African Disaster Preparedness Initiative (WADPI), a follow-on activity to the Operation United Assistance (OUA) Ebola Response effort. WADPI, utilizing the structure of a palabre, seeks to catalyze and synergize constructive collaboration to set a foundation for disaster response in West Africa for years to come. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:541-543).
西非的埃博拉病毒疫情导致了全球社会应对疾病爆发方式的范式转变。这一新范式更加注重全球卫生领域的合作。帕拉布雷是非洲在公共领域进行调解和决策的传统做法，它提供了一个视角，可用于审视当前及未来的全球卫生参与情况。这种对话和交流过程在全球卫生中有诸多应用，最近的西非备灾倡议（WADPI）就是例证，该倡议是“联合援助行动”（OUA）埃博拉应对行动的后续活动。WADPI利用帕拉布雷的架构，力求促进并协同开展建设性合作，为西非未来数年的灾害应对奠定基础。（《灾害医学与公共卫生防范》。2016年；10：541 - 543）
