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Hiv/Aids, Illness, and African Well-Being
Contributor(s): Falola, Toyin (Editor), Heaton, Matthew M. (Editor), Philip, Akpen (Contribution by)

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 ISBN: 1580462405     ISBN-13: 9781580462402
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
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Published: June 2007
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Annotation: 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 which they must be understood and managed. Chapters offering analysis of specific illness case studies, and the effects of globalization and underdevelopment on health, provide an overarching context in which HIV/AIDS and other health-related concerns can be understood. The contributions on the HIV/AIDS pandemic grapple with the complications of national and international policies, the sociological effects of the pandemic, and policy options for the future. HIV/AIDS, Illness and African Well-Being thus provides a comprehensive view of health issues currently plaguing the continent and the many different ways that scholars are interpreting the health outlook in Africa. CONTRIBUTORS: OBIJIOFOR AGINAM, YACOUBA BANHORO, RICHARD BEILOCK, CHARITY CHENGA, MANDI CHIKOMBERO, KALEY CRESWELL, FREEK CRONJ, FRANK N. F. DADZIE, GABRIEL B. FOSU, STEPHEN OBENG-MANU GYIMAH, KATHRYN H. JACOBSEN, W. BEDIAKO LAMOUS-SMITH, WILLIAM N. MKANTA, GERALD M. MUMMA, KALALA NGALAMULUME, RAPHAEL CHIJIOKE NJOKU, CECILIA S. OBENG, IRUKA N. OKEKE, AKPEN PHILIP, BAFFOUR K. TAKYI, MELISSA K. VAN DYKE, SOPHIE WERTHEIMER, ELLEN A. S. WHITNEY Toyin Falola is the Francis Nalle Higgenbothom Centennial Professor of History and Distinuished Teaching at the University of Texas at Austin. Matthew M. Heaton is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | African
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
- Medical | Health Policy
Dewey: 362.196
LCCN: 2006103313
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" L (1.60 lbs) 428 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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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 healthcrises, but also the larger historical and contemporary contexts within which they must be understood and managed. Chapters offering analysis of specific illness case studies, and the effects of globalization and underdevelopmenton health, provide an overarching context in which HIV/AIDS and other health-related concerns can be understood. The contributions on the HIV/AIDS pandemic grapple with the complications of national and international policies, thesociological effects of the pandemic, and policy options for the future. HIV/AIDS, Illness and African Well-Being thus provides a comprehensive view of health issues currently plaguing the continent and the many differentways that scholars are interpreting the health outlook in Africa.

Contributors: Obijiofor Aginam, Yacouba Banhoro, Richard Beilock, Charity Chenga, Mandi Chikombero, Kaley Creswell, Freek Cronjé, Frank N. F. Dadzie, Gabriel B. Fosu, Stephen Obeng-Manu Gyimah, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, W. Bediako Lamousé-Smith, William N. Mkanta, Gerald M. Mumma, Kalala Ngalamulume, Raphael Chijioke Njoku, Cecilia S. Obeng, Iruka N. Okeke, Akpen Philip, Baffour K. Takyi, Melissa K. Van Dyke, Sophie Wertheimer, Ellen A. S. Whitney

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas atAustin.
Matthew M. Heaton is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin.
 
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