Life After Epidemics : Ebola Survivors and the Social Dimensions of Recovery

Johns Hopkins University Press

Life After EpidemicsEbola Survivors and the Social Dimensions of Recovery\nAuthor(s): Kevin J. A. Thomas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, United States\nImprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\nISBN-13: 9781421454146, 978-1421454146\nSynopsis\nExamining the long-term social consequences of epidemic survival in post-Ebola West Africa.\n\nWhat happens to survivors when an epidemic ends and the headlines fade? In Life After Epidemics, Kevin J. A. Thomas confronts this pressing question through the voices of those who lived through the world's deadliest Ebola outbreak. Based on interviews with 250 survivors in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the book reveals how, years after their recovery, many continue to endure long-term health issues, economic hardship, and social exclusion, conditions which are often exacerbated by their preexisting marginalization. \n\nThe [tel] West African Ebola epidemic left more than 17,000 survivors. Yet even as governments and internat.