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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.

Van Pelt Library RA390.C9 .U2513 2019
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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

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