| Social Mobilization and the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia Contributor(s): Perry, John (Author), Sayndee, T. Debey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761868518 ISBN-13: 9780761868514 Publisher: Hamilton Books OUR PRICE: $72.27 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African - History | Africa - West - Health & Fitness | Diseases - General |
| Dewey: 614.57 |
| LCCN: 2016952942 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 118 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa - Cultural Region - African - Topical - Health & Fitness |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Ebola virus disease represented a grave crisis for Liberia. After many years of civil conflict its health system had been weakened and there were too few physicians and health care workers who were willing and able to deal effectively with the disease which spread far beyond Africa to Europe and the United States of America. The book offers a convenient summary of the background of the EVD crisis, and the ways it was defeated by the public who were energized by the gravity of the situation. It discusses the lessons learned, the effect of the disease on children, and the way forward for the international health care system to prepare itself better for possible future epidemics of the same scale and gravity. |
