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The Changing Order of Public Health in Africa : Anthropological Perspectives on the Governance of Wellbeing /

Africa has emerged as a prime arena of global health interventions that focus on particular diseases and health emergencies. These are framed increasingly in terms of international concerns about security, human rights, and humanitarian crisis. This presents a stark contrast to the 1960s and '7...

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Otros Autores: Marsland, Rebecca (Editor ), Prince, Ruth Jane (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumario:Africa has emerged as a prime arena of global health interventions that focus on particular diseases and health emergencies. These are framed increasingly in terms of international concerns about security, human rights, and humanitarian crisis. This presents a stark contrast to the 1960s and '70s, when many newly independent African governments pursued the vision of public health "for all," of comprehensive health care services directed by the state with support from foreign donors. These initiatives often failed, undermined by international politics, structural adjustment, and neoliberal.
Notas:Papers from a workshop held at the University of Cambridge's Centre of African Studies and Department of Social Anthropology in June 2008.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (260 pages).
ISBN:9780821444665