{"product_id":"global-health-in-africa-historical-perspectives-on-disease-control-paperback","title":"Global Health in Africa: Historical Perspectives on Disease Control - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamara Giles-Vernick\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlobal Health in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e 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, and nutritional and virological research.The chapters in this collection are organized in three sections that evaluate linkages between past, present, and emergent. Part I, \"Looking Back,\" contains four chapters that analyze colonial-era interventions and reflect upon their implications for contemporary interventions. Part II, \"The Past in the Present,\" contains essays exploring the historical dimensions and unexamined assumptions of contemporary disease control programs. Part III, \"The Past in the Future,\" examines two fields of public health intervention in which efforts to reduce disease transmission and future harm are premised on an understanding of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis much-needed volume brings together international experts from the disciplines of demography, anthropology, and historical epidemiology. Covering health initiatives from smallpox vaccinations to malaria control to HIV campaigns, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Health in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e offers a first comprehensive look at some of global health's most important challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara Giles-Vernick\u003c\/b\u003e conducts anthropological and historical research on hepatitis B and C transmission and control, zoonoses, buruli ulcer, and the emergence of HIV in Africa. Based at the Epidemiology of Emerging Diseases Unit of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, she has published two books and multiple articles on global public health, environmental history, conservation, and oral historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames L. A. Webb, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of History at Colby College. He is the editor of the Ohio University Press series Perspectives on Global Health and the Series in Ecology and History and the author of \u003ci\u003eHumanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Long Struggle against Malaria in Tropical Africa.\u003c\/i\u003e He is currently writing a book on the historical epidemiology of diarrheal diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241716838674,"sku":"9780821420683","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/eAITtCwf6A9780821420683.webp?v=1777904370","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/global-health-in-africa-historical-perspectives-on-disease-control-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}