In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds, he offers the first substantive account of this frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it? Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand-Partners in Health, the organization he founded, was among the international responders. Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history.
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