HIV/AIDS, illness, and African well-being /

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HIV/AIDS, Illness and African Well-Being' highlights the specific health problems facing Africa today, most particularly the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the book presents not only various health crises, but also the larger historical and contemporary contexts within...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Falola, Toyin (Editor ), Heaton, Matthew M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007.
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Africa > Congresses.
Public health > Africa > Congresses.
HIV infections.
Health attitudes.
Medical care, Cost of.
Health promotion.
HIV Infections
Attitude to Health
Communicable Disease Control
Health Care Costs
Health Promotion
Sida > Afrique > Congrès.
Santé publique > Afrique > Congrès.
Infections à VIH.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Soins médicaux > Coût.
Promotion de la santé.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Medical care, Cost of
HIV infections
Health promotion
Health attitudes
AIDS (Disease)
Public health
Aids
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa South of the Sahara
Afrique subsaharienne.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Subsaharisches Afrika
Austin <Tex., 2005>
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 The infectious continent : Africa, disease, and the western imagination / Sophie Wertheimer
  • 2 Waterborne diseases and urban water supply in Makurdi, Nigeria, 1927-60 / Akpen Philip
  • 3 Smallpox and social control in colonial Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1850-1916 / Kalala Ngalamulume
  • 4 Poor man's trouble, rich man's graveyard : a study of malaria and epidemiological sciences since the nineteenth century / Raphael Chijioke Njoku
  • 5 Perceptions of epilepsy in a traditional society : an Akan (Ghana) family's experience / Cecilia S. Obeng
  • 6 Disability in Nigeria / Gabriel B. Fosu [and others]
  • 7 The microbial rebellion : trends and containment of antimicrobial resistance in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke.
  • 8 Development and the epidemiologic transition in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kathryn H. Jacobsen and Melissa K. Van Dyke
  • 9 The economic burden of Buruli ulcer disease on households in rural Ghana / Frank N.F. Dadzie, Ellen A.S. Whitney, and Gerald M. Mumma
  • 10 Health issues in a mining community in South Africa / Freek Cronjé and Charity Chenga
  • 11 Globalization, health, and the hajj : the West African pilgrimage scheme, 1919-38 / Matthew M. Heaton
  • 12 Of savages and mass killing : HIV/AIDS, Africa, and the crisis of global health governance / Obijiofor Aginam
  • 13 Vicissitudes of AIDS policies in Burkina Faso from 1985 to 2001: a historical perspective / Yacouba Banhoro.
  • 14 Factors associated with deliberate attempts to transmit HIV infection among persons living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania / William N. Mkanta
  • 15 Development and alternative mitigation treatment opportunities of the HIV/AIDS epidemic / Richard Beilock and Kaley Creswell
  • 16 Confusion, anger, and denial : results of HIV/AIDS focus group discussions with urban adult Zimbabweans / Mandi Chikombero
  • 17 Three proposals for analyzing the economic growth effects of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa / Richard Beilock.

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