Overview
- Provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of the precolonial history of health and health systems in Africa
- Based on extensive primary source material
- Provides a framework for Volume II which discusses post-colonial and contemporary health systems in Africa
Part of the book series: African Histories and Modernities (AHAM)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the historical and current state of health and the health of the African people, including the Arab North, impacted by such factors as geography and natural elements, cultural and colonial traditions, and competing biomedical and traditional systems. It also looks at technological advances, poverty and health disparities, utilization of resources, and international presence, as reflected by the work of the World Health Organization, and structural adjustments imposed by the IMF and the World Bank.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Mario J. Azevedo is Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Philosophy and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Jackson State University, USA. He has served as Chair of the Africana Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Associate Dean of the School of Health Sciences, and Interim Dean of the College of Public Service at Jackson State University. Azevedo has published a number of articles and books on African History and Health. His most recent book, Health and the State of Health Care in Mississippi, was published in 2015.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume I
Book Subtitle: The Pre-Colonial and Colonial Eras
Authors: Mario J. Azevedo
Series Title: African Histories and Modernities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32461-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32460-9Published: 07 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81291-5Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32461-6Published: 30 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-5773
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 382
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: African History, Social History, Public Policy, Imperialism and Colonialism, African Politics