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Collapse and resiliency : the inside story of Liberia's unprecedented Ebola response /

"This book follows the author's journey from his youth in a small village to eventually leading an international response against the ebola outbreak of 2014"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nyenswah, Tolbert (Author), Stone, Mardia (Author)
Other Authors: Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Ebola virus disease > Liberia > Epidemiology.
International cooperation.
Refugees
Ceremonial Behavior
International Cooperation
Public Health Practice
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola > epidemiology
Cote d'Ivoire
Liberia
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1421447568
9781421447568
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ebola hits Liberia
  • 2. Born for such a time
  • 3. Unsafe rituals, burial practices, and international spread
  • 4. A refugee in Côte d'Ivoire
  • 5. Total collapse of public health care services
  • 6. Security challenge : community distrust and resistance-West Point
  • 7. Interventions : what we did and how we did it
  • 8. The international response
  • 9. Recovery, rebuilding, and resiliency
  • 10. Reflections
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • References
  • Index.

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