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Melissa Graboyes, Jennifer Tappan - Histories of Global Health in Africa, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Histories of Global Health in Africa

Av Melissa Graboyes, Jennifer Tappan

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Histories of Global Health in Africa offers a concise and compelling introduction to the development and practice of global health on the African continent over the past century. Rather than centering institutions, the book foregrounds the people whose lives and labor have shaped global health-including African communities receiving care and the practitioners and experts who have long driven biomedical work across the region.Drawing on cutting‑edge scholarship, the book traces the colonial roots of global health and examines how these legacies continue to influence contemporary interventions, from vaccination campaigns and disease eradication efforts to epidemic responses. Its accessible thematic chapters explore key topics, including data collection, demography, ethics, and equity.Designed for classroom use and ideal for nonspecialists, Histories of Global Health in Africa provides a flexible structure and a rich suite of teaching materials, including online multimedia components. It is an essential resource for students and readers seeking to understand how global health has evolved-and why its future depends on confronting its past.
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Melissa Graboyes is an associate professor of African history and medical history at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on the history of science, medicine, and global health in East Africa. She is always looking for ways to bring her research into the classroom, and runs the Global Health Research Group at the University of Oregon.Jennifer Tappan is an associate professor of African history at Portland State University. Her research focuses on the history of global health in Africa and her work has appeared in Health and Place, the International Journal of African Historical Studies, and Global Health in Africa: Historical Perspectives on Disease Control.

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"Melissa Graboyes and Jennifer Tappan have written a clear and thoughtful synthesis of the history of global health in Africa, mapping its colonial origins and tracing their implications for current practice. This people-centered volume will be excellent for use in the classroom." - Julie Livingston, author of Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic

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