Deadly river : cholera and cover-up in post-earthquake Haiti / Ralph R. Frerichs.
- Frerichs, Ralph R.
- Date:
- [2016]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2016]
Physical description
xi, 301 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Upheaval -- Vibrio cholerae -- Rumors -- Stealth -- Hypotheses -- Maps -- Altered reality -- Journalist -- Secrecy -- Obfuscation -- Speculation -- Pandemics and South Asia -- Report -- Vodou and cholera -- Inquiry -- Politics before science -- Nepal -- Concealed in the field -- Quarantine and isolation -- The wall cracks -- Answers -- Sanitation, water, and vaccination -- Struggles and elimination -- Rapprochement.
Languages
Subjects
- CholeraHaitiEpidemiology
- Earthquake reliefHaitiInternational cooperation
- Emergency medical servicesHaitiInternational cooperation
- Humanitarian assistanceHaitiInternational cooperation
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010
- Water Supply
- Choleraepidemiology
- Waterborne Diseasesepidemiology
- Emergency Medical Services
- Disastersprevention & control
- United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFK.735.AA10Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781501702303
- 1501702300