Africa in the Time of Cholera - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Africa in the Time of Cholera write by Myron Echenberg. This book was released on 2011-02-28. Africa in the Time of Cholera available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries as Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Myron Echenberg highlights the irony that this once-terrible scourge, having receded from most of the globe, now kills thousands of Africans annually - Africa now accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's cases and deaths - and leaves many more with severe developmental impairment. Responsibility for the suffering caused is shared by Western lending and health institutions and by often venal and incompetent African leadership. If the threat of this old scourge is addressed with more urgency, great progress in the public health of Africans can be achieved.
Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition)
Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) write by Gabriel García Márquez. This book was released on 2020-10-27. Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
The Political Life of an Epidemic
The Political Life of an Epidemic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Life of an Epidemic write by Simukai Chigudu. This book was released on 2020-01-30. The Political Life of an Epidemic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reveals how the crisis of Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak of 2008-9 had profound implications for political institutions and citizenship.
Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911
Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911 write by Frank M. Snowden. This book was released on 1995-12-14. Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first extended study of cholera in modern Italy, setting Naples in a comparative international framework.
Deadly River
Deadly River - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Deadly River write by Ralph R. Frerichs. This book was released on 2016-05-01. Deadly River available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In October 2010, nine months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, a second disaster began to unfold—soon to become the world's largest cholera epidemic in modern times. In a country that had never before reported cholera, the epidemic mysteriously and simultaneously appeared in river communities of central Haiti, eventually triggering nearly 800,000 cases and 9,000 deaths. What had caused the first cases of cholera in Haiti in recorded history? Who or what was the deadly agent of origin? Why did it explode in the agricultural-rich delta of the Artibonite River? When answers were few, rumors spread, causing social and political consequences of their own. Wanting insight, the Haitian government and French embassy requested epidemiological assistance from France. A few weeks into the epidemic, physician and infectious disease specialist Renaud Piarroux arrived in Haiti.In Deadly River, Ralph R. Frerichs tells the story of the epidemic—of a French disease detective determined to trace its origins so that he could help contain the spread and possibly eliminate the disease—and the political intrigue that has made that effort so difficult. The story involves political maneuvering by powerful organizations such as the United Nations and its peacekeeping troops in Haiti, as well as by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Frerichs explores a quest for scientific truth and dissects a scientific disagreement involving world-renowned cholera experts who find themselves embroiled in intellectual and political turmoil in a poverty-stricken country.Frerichs's narrative highlights how the world’s wealthy nations, nongovernmental agencies, and international institutions respond when their interests clash with the needs of the world’s most vulnerable people. The story poses big social questions and offers insights not only on how to eliminate cholera in Haiti but also how nations, NGOs, and international organizations such as the UN and CDC deal with catastrophic infectious disease epidemics.
