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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Other Authors: Marsland, Rebecca (Editor), Prince, Ruth Jane (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public health.
Ethnology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
Medecine > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Ethnologie.
Ethnologie > Afrique subsaharienne > Congres.
Sante publique > Afrique subsaharienne > Histoire > Congres.
Ethnology
History, 21st Century
History, 20th Century
Anthropology, Cultural
Public Health > history
History, 21st Century > Africa South of the Sahara > Congresses.
History, 20th Century > Africa South of the Sahara > Congresses.
Anthropology, Cultural > Africa South of the Sahara > Congresses.
Public Health > history > Africa South of the Sahara > Congresses.
Ethnology > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Congresses.
Public health > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > Congresses.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Afrique subsaharienne.
Africa South of the Sahara
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Papers from a workshop held at the University of Cambridge's Centre of African Studies and Department of Social Anthropology in June 2008.
Physical Description:1 online resource (260 pages).
ISBN:9780821444665

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