![]() ![]() ![]() “To nurse the sick and to introduce supportive and critical care,” writes Farmer, “was what led us there in the first place.” ![]() Farmer and his team went there to respond to the longest and largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history, one threatening to hemorrhage beyond the borders of the “Kissi triangle,” as the region is known. In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History, we follow Farmer as he goes in October 2014 with others from Partners in Health, the nonprofit global health organization he co-founded that is dedicated to providing a preferential option for the poor in health care, to West Africa-specifically to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. I have also introduced many of my undergraduate and graduate students to him and have brought him frequently to Boston College, where I teach. Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds by Paul Farmerįor years I have taught Farmer’s books in my courses. ![]()
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