{"product_id":"the-forest-hospital-at-lambarene","title":"The Forest Hospital at Lambarene","description":"191 pp. \"The Hopital Albert Schweitzer was established in 1913 by Albert Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau Schweitzer in Lambarene, Gabon.  Albert Schweitzer opened a hospital in 1913 in Lambarene in what was then French Equatorial Africa that became Gabon, where he ran it until his death in 1965.[1][2] He won the Nobel Prize in 1952 for his work there.[2] For most of its history, the hospital was operated, staffed, and funded by Europeans.[1][2] Schweitzer worked with \"fellowships\" in many countries to fund his work (including the US Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, which was founded in 1940)[3] and the fellowships were coordinated by the \"Association Internationale de l'oeuvre du docteur Albert Schweitzer de Lambarene\" (AISL), which also oversaw the hospital.[4] In 1974 the \"Fondation internationale de l'Hopital du docteur Albert Schweizer a Lambarene\" (FISL) was established and took over the duties of overseeing the hospital.[5][6] Since its founding, the hospital was rebuilt twice; the second time in 1981.[7] At the time of the 1981 construction, a research facility was included at the request of the Gabon government, which eventually became a separate non-profit organization called \"Centre de Recherches Medicale de Lambarene\" (CERMEL), but was still governed by the board of the FISL.[7] Schweitzer himself had a paternalistic view of Africans,[1][2] and the staff and management of the hospital remained in European hands until around 2011, when for the first time an African, Antoine Nziengui, was appointed to lead the hospital.[2]\"","brand":"Henry Holt and Compay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31428148723782,"sku":"2302621","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2302621.jpg?v=1584473587","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-forest-hospital-at-lambarene","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}