Falola / Heaton HIV/AIDS, Illness, and African Well-Being

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-58046-688-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 428 Seiten, EPDF

Reihe: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

A comprehensive view of health issues currently plaguing Africa, with an emphasis on the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falola, Toyin

Heaton, Matthew M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Philip, Akpen

Takyi-Associate Prof., Baffour K.

Chenga, Charity

Obeng, Dr. Cecilia

Dadzie, Frank D.F.

Cronjé, Freek

Fosu-Ph.D. Scientific Rev Admi, Gabriel B.

Mumma, Gerald A.

Okeke, Iruka N.

Ngalamulume, Kalala

Creswell, Kaley

Chikombero, Mandi

Heaton, Matthew M.

Van Dyke, Melissa K.

Aginam, Obi

Lamouse-Smith, Prof. Willie

Njoku, Raphael Chijioke

Beilock, Richard

Wertheimer, Sophie

Gyimah, Stephen Obeng-Manu

Mkanta, William N.

Banhoro, Yacouba

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Infectious Continent: Africa, Disease, and the Western Imagination - Sophie Wertheimer
Waterborne Diseases and Urban Water Supply in Makurdi, Nigeria, 1927-60 - Akpen Philip
Smallpox and Social Control in Colonial Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1850-1916 - Kalala Ngalamulume
Poor Man's Trouble, Rich Man's Graveyard: A Study of Malaria and Epidemiological Sciences since the Nineteenth Century - Raphael Chijioke Njoku
Perceptions of Epilepsy in a Traditional Society: An Akan (Ghana) Family's Experience - Dr. Cecilia Obeng
Disability in Nigeria - Gabriel B. Fosu-Ph.D. Scientific Rev Admi and Prof. Willie Lamouse-Smith and Baffour K. Takyi-Associate Prof. and Stephen Obeng-Manu Gyimah
The Microbial Rebellion: Trends and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa - Iruka N. Okeke
Development and Epidemiologic Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa - Frank D.F. Dadzie and Melissa K. Van Dyke
The Economic Burden of Buruli Ulcer Disease on Households in Rural Ghana - Frank D.F. Dadzie and Gerald A. Mumma
Health Issues in a Mining Community in South Africa - Freek Cronjé and Charity Chenga
Globalization, Health, and the Hajj: The West African Pilgrimage Scheme, 1919-38 - Matthew Heaton
Of Savages and Mass Killing: HIV/AIDS, Africa and the Crisis of Global Health Governance - Obi Aginam
Vicissitudes of AIDS Policies in Burkina Faso from 1985 to 2001: A Historical Perspective - Yacouba Banhoro
Factors Associated with Deliberate Attempts to Transmit HIV Infection among Persons Living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania - William N. Mkanta
Development and Alternative Mitigation Treatment Opportunities of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic - Richard Beilock
Development and Alternative Mitigation Treatment Opportunities of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic - Kaley Creswell
Confusion, Anger, and Denial: Results of HIV/AIDS Focus Group Discussions with Urban Adult Zimbabweans - Mandi Chikombero
Three Proposals for Analyzing the Economic Growth Effects of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - Richard Beilock

Über Autor(innen)

Njoku, Raphael Chijioke
RAPHAEL CHIJIOKE NJOKU is professor of history at Idaho State University.

Ngalamulume, Kalala
Kalala Ngalamulume is Associate Professor of History of Bryn Mawr, and author of Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920 (2012).

Falola, Toyin
TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.

Falola Toyin:
TOYIN FALOLA is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.Ngalamulume Kalala:
Kalala Ngalamulume is Associate Professor of History of Bryn Mawr, and author of Colonial Pathologies, Environment, and Western Medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920 (2012).Njoku Raphael Chijioke:
RAPHAEL CHIJIOKE NJOKU is professor of history at Idaho State University.