Perspectives on Global Health – serie
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21 produkter
History of Blood Transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Häftad, 2013
402 kr
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This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health, but …
Global Health in Africa
Historical Perspectives on Disease Control
Av Tamara Giles-Vernick, James L. A. Webb Jr.
Inbunden, 2013
943 kr
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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, …
Global Health in Africa
Historical Perspectives on Disease Control
Av Tamara Giles-Vernick, James L. A. Webb Jr.
Häftad, 2013
402 kr
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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, …
Preaching Prevention
Born-Again Christianity and the Moral Politics of AIDS in Uganda
Av Lydia Boyd
Inbunden, 2015
930 kr
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Preaching Prevention examines the controversial U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative to "abstain and be faithful" as a primary prevention strategy in Africa. This ethnography of the born-again Christians who led the new anti-AIDS push in Uganda provides insight into …
Preaching Prevention
Born-Again Christianity and the Moral Politics of AIDS in Uganda
Av Lydia Boyd
Häftad, 2015
390 kr
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Preaching Prevention examines the controversial U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative to "abstain and be faithful" as a primary prevention strategy in Africa. This ethnography of the born-again Christians who led the new anti-AIDS push in Uganda provides insight into …
Experiment Must Continue
Medical Research and Ethics in East Africa, 1940–2014
Inbunden, 2015
949 kr
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The Experiment Must Continue is a beautifully articulated ethnographic history of medical experimentation in East Africa from 1940 through 2014. In it, Melissa Graboyes combines her training in public health and in history to treat her subject with the dual sensitivities of a medical ethicist and a …
Experiment Must Continue
Medical Research and Ethics in East Africa, 1940–2014
Häftad, 2015
402 kr
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The Experiment Must Continue is a beautifully articulated ethnographic history of medical experimentation in East Africa from 1940 through 2014. In it, Melissa Graboyes combines her training in public health and in history to treat her subject with the dual sensitivities of a medical ethicist and a …
Riddle of Malnutrition
The Long Arc of Biomedical and Public Health Interventions in Uganda
Inbunden, 2017
958 kr
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More than ten million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition globally each year. In Uganda, longstanding efforts to understand, treat, and then prevent the condition initially served to medicalize it, in the eyes of both biomedical personnel and Ugandans who brought their children to the …
Riddle of Malnutrition
The Long Arc of Biomedical and Public Health Interventions in Uganda
Häftad, 2017
402 kr
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More than ten million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition globally each year. In Uganda, longstanding efforts to understand, treat, and then prevent the condition initially served to medicalize it, in the eyes of both biomedical personnel and Ugandans who brought their children to the …
Histories of HIVs
The Emergence of the Multiple Viruses That Caused the AIDS Epidemics
Inbunden, 2021
935 kr
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This new collection of essays on HIV viruses spans disciplines to topple popular narratives about the origins of the AIDS pandemic and the impact of the disease on public health policy. With a death toll in the tens of millions, the AIDS pandemic was one of the worst medical disasters of the past …
Histories of HIVs
The Emergence of the Multiple Viruses That Caused the AIDS Epidemics
Häftad, 2022
413 kr
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This new collection of essays on HIV viruses spans disciplines to topple popular narratives about the origins of the AIDS pandemic and the impact of the disease on public health policy. With a death toll in the tens of millions, the AIDS pandemic was one of the worst medical disasters of the past …
Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda
Between Local and Global
Häftad, 2024
389 kr
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Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda presents the stories of scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), a biomedical center founded in 1936. The book analyzes the strategies and conditions that allowed the institute to endure and thrive through successive political and …
Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda
Between Local and Global
Inbunden, 2024
935 kr
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Virus Research in Twentieth-Century Uganda presents the stories of scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), a biomedical center founded in 1936. The book analyzes the strategies and conditions that allowed the institute to endure and thrive through successive political and …
Malaria on the Move
Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890–2015
Inbunden, 2025
1051 kr
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Malaria on the Move explores the socioeconomic aspects of endemic malaria in the southeastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. The book provides a historical analysis of malaria control and eradication programs in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late nineteenth century to 2015. Kundai Manamere draws …
Malaria on the Move
Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890–2015
Häftad, 2025
398 kr
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Malaria on the Move explores the socioeconomic aspects of endemic malaria in the southeastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. The book provides a historical analysis of malaria control and eradication programs in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late nineteenth century to 2015. Kundai Manamere draws …
Malaria on the Move
Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890–2015
E-bok, 2025
624 kr
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Malaria on the Move explores the socioeconomic aspects of endemic malaria in the southeastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. The book provides a historical analysis of malaria control and eradication programs in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late nineteenth century to 2015. Kundai Manamere draws …
Another Magic Mountain
Kibong'oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920–2000
Inbunden, 2025
1282 kr
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Kibong’oto Hospital, opened in 1926, is an East African tuberculosis treatment center located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Its history is crucial to understanding tuberculosis in Tanzania and, more broadly, in Africa. With the hospital as a point of departure, Christoph Gradmann presents a …
Another Magic Mountain
Kibong'oto Hospital and African Tuberculosis, 1920–2000
Häftad, 2025
403 kr
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Kibong’oto Hospital, opened in 1926, is an East African tuberculosis treatment center located on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Its history is crucial to understanding tuberculosis in Tanzania and, more broadly, in Africa. With the hospital as a point of departure, Christoph Gradmann presents a …
History of Blood Transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
E-bok, 2013
611 kr
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This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health, but …
Global Health in Africa
Historical Perspectives on Disease Control
Av Tamara Giles-Vernick, James L. A. Webb Jr.
E-bok, 2013
624 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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, …
Preaching Prevention
Born-Again Christianity and the Moral Politics of AIDS in Uganda
Av Lydia Boyd
E-bok, 2015
606 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Preaching Prevention examines the controversial U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) initiative to "abstain and be faithful" as a primary prevention strategy in Africa. This ethnography of the born-again Christians who led the new anti-AIDS push in Uganda provides insight into …
