Global health in Africa : historical perspectives on disease control /
Global health in Africa : historical perspectives on disease control /
edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L.A. Webb, Jr.
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource
- Perspectives on global health .
"Global Health in Africa had its beginnings in 2008, at a one-day workshop at Princeton University"--Acknowledgements
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / The long history of smallpox eradication : lessons for global health in Africa / The first large-scale use of synthetic insecticide to control malaria in tropical Africa : lessons from Liberia, 1945-62 / A genealogy of treatment as prevention (TasP) : prevention, therapy, and the tensions of public health in Africa / The true fiasco : the treatment and prevention of severe acute malnutrition in Uganda, 1950-74 / People, great apes, disease, and global health in the northern forests of equatorial Africa / Defenseless bodies and violent afflictions in a global world : blood, iatrogenesis, and hepatitis C transmission in Egypt / "Snake in the belly" : Africa's unhappy experience with cholera during the seventh pandemic, 1971 to the present / Male circumcision and HIV control in Africa : questioning scientific evidence and the decision-making process / Heroin use, trafficking, and intervention approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa : local and global contexts / James L.A. Webb, Jr., and Tamara Giles-Vernick -- William H. Schneider -- James L.A. Webb, Jr -- Guillaume Lachenal -- Jennifer Tappan -- Tamara Giles-Vernick and Stephanie Rupp -- Anne Marie Moulin -- Myron Echenberg -- Michel Garenne, Alain Giami, and Christophe Perrey -- Sheryl McCurdy and Haruka Maruyama.
Global Health in Africa is a first exploration of selected histories of global health initiatives in Africa. The collection addresses some of the most important interventions in disease control, including mass vaccination, large-scale treatment and/or prophylaxis campaigns, harm reduction efforts, and nutritional and virological research. The chapters in this collection are organized in three sections that evaluate linkages between past, present, and emergent. Part I, "Looking Back," contains four chapters that analyze colonial-era interventions and reflect upon their implications for contempo
9780821444719
Public health--Africa--Congresses.
Medical policy--Africa--Congresses.
Public health--International cooperation--Congresses.
Public health.
Medical policy.
International cooperation.
Social history.
Public Health
Health Policy
International Cooperation
Social Conditions
Electronic Books.
RA545 / .G563 2013
"Global Health in Africa had its beginnings in 2008, at a one-day workshop at Princeton University"--Acknowledgements
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / The long history of smallpox eradication : lessons for global health in Africa / The first large-scale use of synthetic insecticide to control malaria in tropical Africa : lessons from Liberia, 1945-62 / A genealogy of treatment as prevention (TasP) : prevention, therapy, and the tensions of public health in Africa / The true fiasco : the treatment and prevention of severe acute malnutrition in Uganda, 1950-74 / People, great apes, disease, and global health in the northern forests of equatorial Africa / Defenseless bodies and violent afflictions in a global world : blood, iatrogenesis, and hepatitis C transmission in Egypt / "Snake in the belly" : Africa's unhappy experience with cholera during the seventh pandemic, 1971 to the present / Male circumcision and HIV control in Africa : questioning scientific evidence and the decision-making process / Heroin use, trafficking, and intervention approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa : local and global contexts / James L.A. Webb, Jr., and Tamara Giles-Vernick -- William H. Schneider -- James L.A. Webb, Jr -- Guillaume Lachenal -- Jennifer Tappan -- Tamara Giles-Vernick and Stephanie Rupp -- Anne Marie Moulin -- Myron Echenberg -- Michel Garenne, Alain Giami, and Christophe Perrey -- Sheryl McCurdy and Haruka Maruyama.
Global Health in Africa is a first exploration of selected histories of global health initiatives in Africa. The collection addresses some of the most important interventions in disease control, including mass vaccination, large-scale treatment and/or prophylaxis campaigns, harm reduction efforts, and nutritional and virological research. The chapters in this collection are organized in three sections that evaluate linkages between past, present, and emergent. Part I, "Looking Back," contains four chapters that analyze colonial-era interventions and reflect upon their implications for contempo
9780821444719
Public health--Africa--Congresses.
Medical policy--Africa--Congresses.
Public health--International cooperation--Congresses.
Public health.
Medical policy.
International cooperation.
Social history.
Public Health
Health Policy
International Cooperation
Social Conditions
Electronic Books.
RA545 / .G563 2013