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Global Health in Africa is a first exploration of selected histories of global health initiatives in Africa. The collection addresses some of the most important interventions in disease control, including mass vaccination, large-scale treatment and/or prophylaxis campaigns, harm reduction efforts, a...

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Weitere Verfasser: Giles-Vernick, Tamara, 1962- (HerausgeberIn), Webb, James L. A., Jr., 1952- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013.
Schriftenreihe:Perspectives on global health.
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Zusammenfassung:Global Health in Africa is a first exploration of selected histories of global health initiatives in Africa. The collection addresses some of the most important interventions in disease control, including mass vaccination, large-scale treatment and/or prophylaxis campaigns, harm reduction efforts, and nutritional and virological research. The chapters in this collection are organized in three sections that evaluate linkages between past, present, and emergent. Part I, "Looking Back," contains four chapters that analyze colonial-era interventions and reflect upon their implications for contempo
Beschreibung:"Global Health in Africa had its beginnings in 2008, at a one-day workshop at Princeton University"--Acknowledgements
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821444719
0821444719

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