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Author:

Frerichs, Ralph R., author.

Title:

Deadly river : cholera and cover-up in post-earthquake Haiti / Ralph R. Frerichs.

Publisher:

ILR Pressan imprint of Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Cholera--Haiti--Epidemiology.
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
Earthquake relief--Haiti--International cooperation.
Emergency medical services--Haiti--International cooperation.
Humanitarian assistance--Haiti--International cooperation.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-294) 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.

ISBN:

1501702300 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781501702303 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921821713

LCCN:

2015036033

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)