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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.
- 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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