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Epidemics and the Health of African Nations / / edited by Zamanzima Mazibuko
| Epidemics and the Health of African Nations / / edited by Zamanzima Mazibuko |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (441 pages) |
| Disciplina | 614.4096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Public health - Africa
Epidemics - Africa |
| ISBN |
9780639995618
0639995616 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface / by Joel Netshitenzhe -- section one. Epidemics and syndemics in Africa : disease in context. Introduction : epidemics and health systems in Africa / Zamanzima Mazibuko -- Syndemics, food security, health, and local environments : chronic undernutrition in Zimbabwe / Bill H. Kinsey -- section two. Contending with epidemics and health systems in Africa. Cholera in Africa in the 21st century : questions of justice and human rights / Sunanda Ray, Farai D. Madzimbamuto, and David Sanders -- Outbreaks and epidemics of malaria in SADC : cycles of frustration in preventive action / Kaka Mudambo -- Containing Ebola in Nigeria : an African success story / Nathaniel Umukoro -- section three. Contending with chronic conditions in African health systems. Non-communicable disease epidemics : approaches to prevention and control in sub-Saharan Africa / Pamela A. Juma, Kenneth Juma, and Gerald Yonga -- Care, context, and chronic illness : lessons from HIV-positive adolescents and their families in South Africa's Eastern Cape / Beth Vale -- Knowledge, power and the role of frontline health workers for South Africa's epidemic preparedness / Miriam Di Paola and Beth Vale -- section four. The future of health systems in Africa. The potential of technological innovation in health care in Africa : lessons from nanotechnology / Zamanzima Mazibuko and Steven Mufamadi -- From present African health care systems to the future : health financing in Ghana and Rwanda / Samuel Adu-Gyamfi -- Preparedness for epidemics in South Africa : The health system and proposals for national health insurance / Alex van den Heever -- Conclusion / Zamanzima Mazibuko. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467578703321 |
| Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global health in Africa : historical perspectives on disease control / / edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr
| Global health in Africa : historical perspectives on disease control / / edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Giles-VernickTamara <1962->
WebbJames L. A., Jr., <1952-> |
| Collana | Perspectives on global health |
| Soggetto topico |
Public health - Africa
Medical policy - Africa Public health - International cooperation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8214-4471-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / James L. A. Webb, Jr., and Tamara Giles-Vernick -- The long history of smallpox eradication : lessons for global health in Africa / William H. Schneider -- The first large-scale use of synthetic insecticide to control malaria in tropical Africa : lessons from Liberia, 1945-62 / James L. A. Webb, Jr -- A genealogy of treatment as prevention (TasP) : prevention, therapy, and the tensions of public health in Africa / Guillaume Lachenal -- The true fiasco : the treatment and prevention of severe acute malnutrition in Uganda, 1950-74 / Jennifer Tappan -- People, great apes, disease, and global health in the northern forests of equatorial Africa / Tamara Giles-Vernick and Stephanie Rupp -- Defenseless bodies and violent afflictions in a global world : blood, iatrogenesis, and hepatitis C transmission in Egypt / Anne Marie Moulin -- "Snake in the belly" : Africa's unhappy experience with cholera during the seventh pandemic, 1971 to the present / Myron Echenberg -- Male circumcision and HIV control in Africa : questioning scientific evidence and the decision-making process / Michel Garenne, Alain Giami, and Christophe Perrey -- Heroin use, trafficking, and intervention approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa : local and global contexts / Sheryl McCurdy and Haruka Maruyama. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453721903321 |
| Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global health in Africa : historical perspectives on disease control / / edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr
| Global health in Africa : historical perspectives on disease control / / edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.4096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Giles-VernickTamara <1962->
WebbJames L. A., Jr., <1952-> |
| Collana | Perspectives on global health |
| Soggetto topico |
Public health - Africa
Medical policy - Africa Public health - International cooperation |
| ISBN | 0-8214-4471-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / James L. A. Webb, Jr., and Tamara Giles-Vernick -- The long history of smallpox eradication : lessons for global health in Africa / William H. Schneider -- The first large-scale use of synthetic insecticide to control malaria in tropical Africa : lessons from Liberia, 1945-62 / James L. A. Webb, Jr -- A genealogy of treatment as prevention (TasP) : prevention, therapy, and the tensions of public health in Africa / Guillaume Lachenal -- The true fiasco : the treatment and prevention of severe acute malnutrition in Uganda, 1950-74 / Jennifer Tappan -- People, great apes, disease, and global health in the northern forests of equatorial Africa / Tamara Giles-Vernick and Stephanie Rupp -- Defenseless bodies and violent afflictions in a global world : blood, iatrogenesis, and hepatitis C transmission in Egypt / Anne Marie Moulin -- "Snake in the belly" : Africa's unhappy experience with cholera during the seventh pandemic, 1971 to the present / Myron Echenberg -- Male circumcision and HIV control in Africa : questioning scientific evidence and the decision-making process / Michel Garenne, Alain Giami, and Christophe Perrey -- Heroin use, trafficking, and intervention approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa : local and global contexts / Sheryl McCurdy and Haruka Maruyama. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790892703321 |
| Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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