Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa : Transnational Health and Healing

English

ISBN: 0253223687

EAN: 9780253223685

Category: Medical / Public Health/Political Science / Globalization/Medical / General/

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release Date: 01/31/2012

Synopsis: Recent political, social, and economic changes in Africa have provoked radical shifts in the landscape of health and healthcare. Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africacaptures the multiple dynamics of a globalized world and its impact on medicine, health, and the delivery of healthcare in Africa - and beyond. Essays by an international group of contributors take on intractable problems such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and insufficient access to healthcare, drugs, resources, hospitals, and technologies. The movements of people and resources described here expose the growing challenges of poverty and public health, but they also show how new opportunities have been created for transforming healthcare and promoting care and healing.

Medicine, Mobility, and Power in Global Africa : Transnational Health and Healing

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 17.64 oz

Pages: 358