ISBN:
1580462405
,
9781580462402
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 414 S
,
graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora 27
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora
DDC:
362.196/979200966
Keywords:
AIDS (Disease) Congresses
;
Public health Congresses
;
HIV Infections Congresses
;
Attitude to Health Congresses
;
Communicable Disease Control Congresses
;
Health Care Costs Congresses
;
Health Promotion Congresses
;
AIDS (Disease) Africa
;
Congresses
;
Public health Africa
;
Congresses
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Aids
Description / Table of Contents:
The infectious continent : Africa, disease, and the western imagination / Sophie WertheimerWaterborne 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 / Cecilia S. Obeng -- Disability in Nigeria / Gabriel B. Fosu ... [et al.] -- The microbial rebellion : trends and containment of antimicrobial resistance in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke
Description / Table of Contents:
Development and the epidemiologic transition in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kathryn H. Jacobsen and Melissa K. Van DykeThe economic burden of Buruli ulcer disease on households in rural Ghana / Frank N.F. Dadzie, Ellen A.S. Whitney, and Gerald M. 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 M. Heaton -- Of savages and mass killing : HIV/AIDS, Africa, and the crisis of global health governance / Obijiofor Aginam -- Vicissitudes of AIDS policies in Burkina Faso from 1985 to 2001: a historical perspective / Yacouba Banhoro
Description / Table of Contents:
Factors associated with deliberate attempts to transmit HIV infection among persons living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania / William N. MkantaDevelopment and alternative mitigation treatment opportunities of the HIV/AIDS epidemic / Richard Beilock and 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.
Description / Table of Contents:
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 / Cecilia S. Obeng -- Disability in Nigeria / Gabriel B. Fosu ... [et al.] -- The microbial rebellion : trends and containment of antimicrobial resistance in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke --
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
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 and 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. - Development and the epidemiologic transition in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kathryn H. Jacobsen and Melissa K. Van Dyke -- The economic burden of Buruli ulcer disease on households in rural Ghana / Frank N.F. Dadzie, Ellen A.S. Whitney, and Gerald M. 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 M. Heaton -- Of savages and mass killing : HIV/AIDS, Africa, and the crisis of global health governance / Obijiofor Aginam -- Vicissitudes of AIDS policies in Burkina Faso from 1985 to 2001: a historical perspective / Yacouba Banhoro --. - 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 / Cecilia S. Obeng -- Disability in Nigeria / Gabriel B. Fosu ... [et al.] -- The microbial rebellion : trends and containment of antimicrobial resistance in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke --. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - "The chapters presented here were originally presented at a conference on African health and illness held at the University of Texas at Austin from March 25-27, 2005."--Acknowledgments. - Formerly CIP
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