Red zone : Cuba and the battle against ebola in West Africa / Enrique Ubieta Gómez ; edited by Martin Koppel and Mary-Alice Waters ; translation from the Spanish by Catriona Goss.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ubieta Gómez, Enrique, author.

Contributor:

• Koppel, Martín, editor.
• Waters, Mary-Alice, 1942- editor.

Standardized Title:

• Zona roja. English

Language:

• English
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Medical assistance, Cuban--Africa, West.
• Missions, Medical--Africa, West.
• Ebola virus disease--Treatment--Africa, West.
• History.
• Ebola virus disease.
• Missions, Medical.
• Medical assistance, Cuban.
• Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Influence.
• Cuba.
• West Africa.

Physical Description:

263 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Pathfinder, [2019]

Contents:

• The little killer returns p. 37
• Cuba responds p. 45
• A life-or-death gamble p. 52
• Liberia p. 61
• Ebola Treatment Unit/Defense Ministry p. 70
• The men I
• Tracing the footsteps of the Henry Reeve Contingent p. 75
• I learned to value the revolution from outside Cuba p. 78
• Life doesn't go around twice p. 81
• Sierra Leone p. 85
• The Ebola Treatment Units in Sierra Leone p. 91
• A few hours in Lungi p. 99
• The men II
• 'The Prof' p. 101
• Orula's blessing p. 104
• What we did was an act of bravery p. 107
• Guinea
• Some history p. 111
• Objections p. 125
• How it began p. 128
• The Coyah Treatment Unit p. 130
• Religious and ethnic questions p. 134
• Diamond Plaza p. 138
• The men III
• Five long, intense months p. 141
• Men like him don't abandon their posts p. 143
• I've always liked to give my best p. 146
• The women p. 149
• Those who fell p. 161
• Jorge Juan Guerra Rodríguez p. 162
• Reinaldo Villafranca Lantigua, 'Coqui' p. 166
• Ebola: Cultural and communication factors p. 171
• Two songs, two perspectives p. 182
• Ebola: Doubts and certainties p. 187
• 'Dad, be strong-everything is going to be fine' p. 207
• Geneva p. 212
• David, Goliath, and other reflections p. 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 250) and index.

ISBN:

• 9781604881141
• 1604881143

OCLC:

1137164053