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Publication date: February 10, 2020
Red Zone: Cuba and the Battle Against Ebola in West Africa
Author: Enrique Ubieta Gomez
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
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Languages: English; Spanish
ISBN: 978- 1- 60488-114-1 (English)
978-1-60488-113-4 (Spanish)
LCCN: 2019955382(English)
2019953442( Spanish)
Page count: 278 Format: Trade paper
Price: US$17.00
Book description : “Just as the Cuban combatants in Angola set an example that can never be erased, the heroic actions of Cuba’s army of white coats will occupy a place of honor.” FIDEL CASTRO, OCTOBER 2014
In 2014 three West African countries were hit by the largest epidemic on record of the deadly Ebola virus. In response to an international call for help, Cuba’s revolutionary socialist government provided what was needed most – and what no other country even tried to deliver. In a matter of weeks, more than 250 volunteers were on the ground providing hands – on care to thousands of desperately ill human beings and their families and communities. By mid-2015 the Ebola epidemic had been virtually eradicated . The discipline, courage, sense of humor, and pride of these Cuban volunteers ring throughout the first-hand accounts recorded here. Their actions showed the world the kind of men and women only a deep – going socialist revolution can produce.
Includes 15 pages of photos, maps, introduction, index
Adult, Non – fiction
Subject categories: Africa, Cuba, public health
Publisher promotions contact: Gale Shangold
gshangold@verizon.net 917-886-3465