Description: Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds : Ebola and the Ravages of History, Paperback by Farmer, Paul, ISBN 1250800234, ISBN-13 9781250800237, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
“Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book.” —Bill and Melinda Gates
"[The] history is as powerfully conveyed as it is tragic . . . Illuminating . . . Invaluable." —Steven Johnson, The New York Times Book Review
In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it?
Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand—Partners in Health, the organization he founded, was among the international responders. In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds, he offers the first substantive account of this frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. In vibrant prose, Farmer tells the harrowing stories of Ebola victims while showing why the medical response was slow and insufficient. Rebutting misleading claims about the origins of Ebola and why it spread so rapidly, he traces West Africa’s chronic health failures back to centuries of exploitation and injustice. Under formal colonial rule, disease containment was a priority but care was not – and the region’s health care woes worsened, with devastating consequences that Farmer traces up to the present.
This thorough and hopeful narrative is a definitive work of reportage, history, and advocacy, and a crucial intervention in public-health discussions around the world.
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Book Title: Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds : Ebola and the Ravages of History
Number of Pages: 704 Pages
Publication Name: Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds : Ebola and the Ravages of History
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1.4 in
Subject: Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Paul Farmer
Subject Area: Medical
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
