Belly Woman: Birth, Blood & Ebola: The Untold Story

by: Benjamin Oren Black (Author)

Publisher: Neem Tree Press

Publication Date: 18 Oct. 2022

Language: English

Print Length: 300 pages

ISBN-10: 1911107569

ISBN-13: 9781911107569

Book Description

‘This book will stay with me for years.’ – Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to HurtWhat happens to pregnant women when a humanitarian catastrophe strikes? Belly Woman shines a light on a story often left untold.May, 2014. Sierra Leone is ranked the country with the highest death rate of pregnant women in the world. The same month, Ebola crosses in from neighbouring Guinea. Arriving a few weeks later, Dr Benjamin Black finds himself at the centre of an exponential Ebola outbreak. From impossible decisions on the mateity ward to moral dilemmas at the Ebola Treatment Centres. One mistake, one error of judgment, could spell disaster.An eye-opening work of reportage and advocacy, Belly Woman chronicles the inside jouey through an unfolding global health crisis and the struggle to save the lives of young mothers. As Black reckons with the demons of the past, he must try to lea the lessons for a different, more resilient, future.‘A must-read for our times – riveting, illuminating and humbling.’– Aminatta Foa, author of The Memory of Love and The Devil That Danced on the Water
About the Author
‘This book will stay with me for years.’ – Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to HurtWhat happens to pregnant women when a humanitarian catastrophe strikes? Belly Woman shines a light on a story often left untold.May, 2014. Sierra Leone is ranked the country with the highest death rate of pregnant women in the world. The same month, Ebola crosses in from neighbouring Guinea. Arriving a few weeks later, Dr Benjamin Black finds himself at the centre of an exponential Ebola outbreak. From impossible decisions on the mateity ward to moral dilemmas at the Ebola Treatment Centres. One mistake, one error of judgment, could spell disaster.An eye-opening work of reportage and advocacy, Belly Woman chronicles the inside jouey through an unfolding global health crisis and the struggle to save the lives of young mothers. As Black reckons with the demons of the past, he must try to lea the lessons for a different, more resilient, future.‘A must-read for our times – riveting, illuminating and humbling.’– Aminatta Foa, author of The Memory of Love and The Devil That Danced on the Water