Eliza Govender – författare

Health insights from leading experts tailored to the Global South Handbook of Health Communication in The Global South introduces, explores, and discusses Health Communication in the Global South and from a Global South perspective. This Handbook focuses on the scholarship and methodological insights that address topics such as health disparities, tailored health solutions, innovative and community driven strategies, use of digital platforms and technologies that align with local infrastructures, and decolonial perspectives on health communication. The Handbook invokes the term “Global South” not merely as a geographical, but also as an epistemic position. The term denotes a turn toward other forms of knowing which resist the universalistic pretensions of Western science and hegemonic knowledge systems. Handbook of Health Communication in The Global South includes information on: Non-communicable diseases as the leading cause of death in Asia and Asian regions, with almost 70% of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and respiratory diseasesA co-existence of dual healthcare systems in the Global South—high-quality care for those who can afford it, and under-resourced public healthcare for those who can’tThe continued influence of colonial rule in the mid-20th century in the definitions and management of health, as well as how it is communicatedA transition from formula-based health, to a pluriversal approach, where interventions are locally anchored, culturally relevant, and collaboratively owned by the communities Handbook of Health Communication in The Global South is an essential Handbook for students and researchers in the field of public health, media studies, medical anthropology and cultural studies, both from within civil society as well as in the donor community.

It considers public health responses in different countries, with chapters examining community-driven approaches, communication strategies of governments and political leaders, public health advocacy, and pandemic inequalities.

It considers public health responses in different countries, with chapters examining community-driven approaches, communication strategies of governments and political leaders, public health advocacy, and pandemic inequalities.

This edited collection, follows on from 'Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives' (2021) and brings together different scholars from around the world to explore and critique the ongoing advances of communicating COVID, two years into the pandemic.Pandemic life has become familiar to us, with all its disruptions and uncertainties. In the second year of COVID, many societies emerged well attuned to new waves of infections, while others, having initially demonstrated 'gold standard' responses, regressed, either through a premature end to public health restrictions or challenges around vaccine rollouts. In many countries, bitter social divisions have arisen over mask-wearing, lockdowns, quarantine and vaccination.To better understand the ever evolving communicative landscape of COVID-19, this collection shares updated perspectives from the disciplines of media and communication, journalism, public health and primary care, sociology, and political and behavioural science, addressing the major issues that have confronted communicators, including vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and the mobilisation of community driven communication responses as restrictions eased in various parts of the world.

This edited collection, follows on from 'Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives' (2021) and brings together different scholars from around the world to explore and critique the ongoing advances of communicating COVID, two years into the pandemic.Pandemic life has become familiar to us, with all its disruptions and uncertainties. In the second year of COVID, many societies emerged well attuned to new waves of infections, while others, having initially demonstrated 'gold standard' responses, regressed, either through a premature end to public health restrictions or challenges around vaccine rollouts. In many countries, bitter social divisions have arisen over mask-wearing, lockdowns, quarantine and vaccination.To better understand the ever evolving communicative landscape of COVID-19, this collection shares updated perspectives from the disciplines of media and communication, journalism, public health and primary care, sociology, and political and behavioural science, addressing the major issues that have confronted communicators, including vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and the mobilisation of community driven communication responses as restrictions eased in various parts of the world.