000779297 000__ 02920cam\a2200493Ii\4500 000779297 001__ 779297 000779297 005__ 20230306142922.0 000779297 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000779297 007__ cr\nn\nnnunnun 000779297 008__ 170203s2017\\\\sz\\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000779297 019__ $$a981820915 000779297 020__ $$a9783319324616$$q(electronic book) 000779297 020__ $$a3319324616$$q(electronic book) 000779297 020__ $$z9783319324609 000779297 0247_ $$a10.1007/978-3-319-32461-6$$2doi 000779297 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn971245854 000779297 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)971245854$$z(OCoLC)981820915 000779297 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dEBLCP$$dUAB$$dYDX$$dOCLCO$$dN$T$$dOCLCO$$dN$T$$dOCLCO$$dAZU$$dOCLCF$$dIOG$$dOCLCO 000779297 043__ $$af------ 000779297 049__ $$aISEA 000779297 050_4 $$aRA545 000779297 08204 $$a362.1096$$223 000779297 1001_ $$aAzevedo, Mario Joaquim,$$eauthor. 000779297 24510 $$aHistorical perspectives on the state of health and health systems in Africa.$$nVolume I,$$pThe pre-colonial and colonial eras /$$cMario J. Azevedo. 000779297 264_1 $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bPalgrave Macmillan,$$c[2017]. 000779297 264_4 $$c©2017 000779297 300__ $$a1 online resource. 000779297 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000779297 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000779297 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000779297 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 000779297 4901_ $$aAfrican histories and modernities 000779297 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000779297 5050_ $$aPreface Contribution to the Literature on History and Health in Africa -- Chapter 1 Public Health in Africa: Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 2 Traditional African Therapeutics: Disease Causation, Efficacy, and Agency -- Chapter 3 Medicine, Culture, and People’s Options -- Chapter 4 The Colonial Medical System(s) and the Health of Africans -- Chapter 5 British “Health Effort” in Colonial Africa -- Chapter 6 Health: The French and Their Colonial Empire -- Chapter 7 The Health of Africans: Portuguese, Belgian, Italian, Spanish, and German Rule -- Chapter 8 Colonial Rule: Missionaries and “Mercenaries” and the Health of Africans. 000779297 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000779297 520__ $$aThis book examines the historical and current state of health and the health of the African people, including the Arab North, impacted by such factors as geography and natural elements, cultural and colonial traditions, and competing biomedical and traditional systems. It also looks at technological advances, poverty and health disparities, utilization of resources, and international presence, as reflected by the work of the World Health Organization, and structural adjustments imposed by the IMF and the World Bank. 000779297 588__ $$aVendor-supplied metadata. 000779297 650_0 $$aPublic health$$zAfrica. 000779297 77608 $$iPrint version:$$z9783319324609 000779297 830_0 $$aAfrican histories and modernities. 000779297 852__ $$bebk 000779297 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-32461-6$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000779297 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:779297$$pGLOBAL_SET 000779297 980__ $$aEBOOK 000779297 980__ $$aBIB 000779297 982__ $$aEbook 000779297 983__ $$aOnline 000779297 994__ $$a92$$bISE