Lifeblood : How To Change The World, One Dead Mosquito At A Time

ISBN-13: 9781849041577 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 200 str.

Alex Perry

Opis

This is the true story of the courageous mission to eradicate malaria from the globe. It weaves together science and history to explore why a disease that has been all but eradicated in the Western world continues to be the scourge of Africa. As he follows three years of the campaign, award-winning journalist Alex Perry takes the reader across Africa, from a terrifying visit to a Ugandan town that is the most malarial on earth to a star-studded World Cup concert, encountering jungle scientists, fugitive guerrillas, presidents, religious leaders and icons of the global aid industry. In Lifeblood, he weaves together science and history with on-the-ground reporting and a riveting expose of aid as he documents this race against time. The result is a thrilling and all-too-rare tale of humanitarian triumph that has profound implications for how to build a better world.