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Azevedo, Mario J.

Historical perspectives on the state of health and health systems in Africa.Volume I,The pre-colonial and colonial eras

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Historical perspectives on the state of health and health systems in Africa.by Mario J. Azevedo.
remainder title:	The pre-colonial and colonial eras
Author:	Azevedo, Mario J.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017.
Description:	xxiii, 382 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Public healthHistory.Africa
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32461-6
ISBN:	9783319324616$q(electronic bk.)

Historical perspectives on the state of health and health systems in Africa.Volume I,The pre-colonial and colonial eras
Azevedo, Mario J.

Historical perspectives on the state of health and health systems in Africa.Volume I,The pre-colonial and colonial eras[electronic resource] /The pre-colonial and colonial erasby Mario J. Azevedo. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xxiii, 382 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - African histories and modernities. - African histories and modernities..

Preface Contribution to the Literature on History and Health in Africa -- Chapter 1 Public Health in Africa: Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 2 Traditional African Therapeutics: Disease Causation, Efficacy, and Agency -- Chapter 3 Medicine, Culture, and People's Options -- Chapter 4 The Colonial Medical System(s) and the Health of Africans -- Chapter 5 British "Health Effort" in Colonial Africa -- Chapter 6 Health: The French and Their Colonial Empire -- Chapter 7 The Health of Africans: Portuguese, Belgian, Italian, Spanish, and German Rule -- Chapter 8 Colonial Rule: Missionaries and "Mercenaries" and the Health of Africans.

This book examines the historical and current state of health and the health of the African people, including the Arab North, impacted by such factors as geography and natural elements, cultural and colonial traditions, and competing biomedical and traditional systems. It also looks at technological advances, poverty and health disparities, utilization of resources, and international presence, as reflected by the work of the World Health Organization, and structural adjustments imposed by the IMF and the World Bank.

ISBN: 9783319324616$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-32461-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

773139
Public health
--History.--Africa

LC Class. No.: RA545 / .A94 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1096

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