Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic /
Sabeti, Pardis, 1975-
Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic / Pardis Sabeti and Lara Salahi. - xviii, 255 pages : map, illustrations (black and white)
Prologue: the people's fighter -- Setting for disaster -- The crucible of outbreak response -- The case for collaboration -- The wavering response -- Distrust in a culture of compassion -- Epidemic of fear -- Investment and accountability -- Ebola's fallout -- Navigating the next epidemic -- Epilogue.
An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the largest and deadliest of its kind. Their postmortem identifies factors that kept key information from reaching doctors, complicated the government's response to the crisis, and left responders unprepared for the next outbreak. --
9780674976115
Ebola virus disease--History.--Africa, West
Ebola virus disease--Epidemiology.--Africa, West
Ebola virus disease--Public opinion.
Epidemics
Public health--History.--Africa, West
616.91800966
Outbreak culture : the Ebola crisis and the next epidemic / Pardis Sabeti and Lara Salahi. - xviii, 255 pages : map, illustrations (black and white)
Prologue: the people's fighter -- Setting for disaster -- The crucible of outbreak response -- The case for collaboration -- The wavering response -- Distrust in a culture of compassion -- Epidemic of fear -- Investment and accountability -- Ebola's fallout -- Navigating the next epidemic -- Epilogue.
An award-winning genetic researcher and a tenacious journalist examine each phase of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the largest and deadliest of its kind. Their postmortem identifies factors that kept key information from reaching doctors, complicated the government's response to the crisis, and left responders unprepared for the next outbreak. --
9780674976115
Ebola virus disease--History.--Africa, West
Ebola virus disease--Epidemiology.--Africa, West
Ebola virus disease--Public opinion.
Epidemics
Public health--History.--Africa, West
616.91800966