https://www.rug.nl/rechten/onderzoek/expertisecentra/ghlg/blog/ebola-burial-practices-and-the-right-to-health-in-west-africa-02-10-2017 https://www.rug.nl/recht

https://www.rug.nl/rechten/onderzoek/expertisecentra/ghlg/blog/ebola-burial-practices-and-the-right-to-health-in-west-africa-02-10-2017 https://www.rug.nl/rechten/onderzoek/expertisecentra/ghlg/bl... “The WHO identified burial rites for the dead as one of the contributing factors in the disease’s spread. The burial rites included family members washing and oiling the corpse, and sometimes physically modifying it for burial .. Additionally, the practice of moving the body to be buried in a different village impeded efforts to quarantine certain areas.”