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The political ecology of malaria : emerging dynamics of wetland agriculture at the urban fringe in central Uganda /

Malaria remains one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Matian van Soest looks at the malaria epidemic in the peri-urban zones of Uganda's capital Kampala against the backdrop of recent socio-ecological transformations.Based on long-term ethnographic research, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soest, Matian van, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2020]
Colección:Medical humanities (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 4.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Figures and Tables
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Malaria: A brief overview
  • 3. Ethnographic research in Uganda: Language and ethics in the field
  • 4. Kampala's urban fringe: Socio-economic dynamics and transformations
  • 5. Providing malaria treatment: Different forms of healthcare in Uganda
  • 6. Coping with malaria: Facets of health seeking
  • 7. Agriculture in the urban fringe: The ambivalent role of wetlands
  • 8. Conclusion
  • References.