Zika - Debora Diniz

Zika

From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
2017
Zed Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78699-159-1 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
An astonishing investigation into the outbreak and spread of Zika and the resilience of the Brazilian people in the face of the epidemic.
Winner of the 2017 Jabuti Book Prize

The Zika virus is devastating lives and communities. Children across the Americas are being born with severe disabilities because of it. Yet during the desolating outbreak, Brazil played host to both the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, leading many to suspect that the true impact of the virus has been subject to a cover-up of international proportions.

Beginning in the northeast, where the devastation has been most felt, professor of bioethics and award-winning documentary filmmaker Debora Diniz travels across Brazil tracing the virus’s origin and spread. Along the journey she meets a host of fearless families, doctors and scientists uncovering the virus’s impact on local communities. In doing so Diniz paints a vivid picture of the Zika epidemic, exposing the Brazilian government’s complicity in allowing the virus to spread while championing the efforts of local doctors and mothers who, working together, are raising awareness of the virus and fighting for the rights of children affected by Zika.

Debora Diniz is professor of bioethics at the University of Brasilia and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She is vice-chair of the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) board of directors and a member of the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s National Network of Specialists on Zika and Related Diseases. Diane Grosklaus Whitty is a translator specialising in the fields of history, health, and the social sciences

Translator’s Note

Principle Characters
Timeline
Map
1. Telling the Story
2. Positive for Zika
Where it All Began
Deciphering an Allergy Epidemic
A Mysterious Illness Strikes Bahia

3. The First Generation of Women
The Foreigner
The Northeasterners

4. Footprints of the Virus
The Paralyzing Syndrome
The Neuropediatricians from Recife
The Doctor from Rural Paraíba

5. Patient Zero
6. The Aftermath
7. Implications for Women Worldwide

Erscheinungsdatum
Übersetzer Diane Grosklaus Whitty
Zusatzinfo Maps 1
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 222 mm
Gewicht 376 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Infektiologie / Immunologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
Naturwissenschaften Biologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-78699-159-4 / 1786991594
ISBN-13 978-1-78699-159-1 / 9781786991591
Zustand Neuware
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