Historical perspectives on the state of health and health systems in Africa. Volume II, The modern era / Mario J. Azevedo.
This book focuses on Africa's challenges, achievements, and failures over the past several centuries using an interdisciplinary approach that combines theory and fact and evidence-based practices and interventions in public health, and argues that most of the health problems in Africa are not a...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; Contribution to€the€Literature on€History and€Health in€Africa; Organization; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: The State of€Health System(s) in€Africa: Challenges and€Opportunities; Health Systems Issues; Anglophone Africa: Health Care Systems in€Tanzania, Uganda, and€Kenya; Francophone Africa's Challenges: Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, and€Rwanda; Lusophone Africa: Angola and€Mozambique; Hispanophone Africa: Equatorial Guinea; Poverty and€Health in€Africa; Universal Health Insurance and€Co-Payments in€Africa's Health Systems; IMF Structural Adjustment Programs and€Globalization. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Hygiene and€Sanitation and€the€Health of€Africans in€Our CenturyConclusion; Note; References; Chapter 2: Africa's Health System(s) Performance on€the€Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Africa's Millennium Development Goal Performance at a€Glance, 2013; Eradication of€Extreme Poverty and€Hunger; Africa's Medical Schools and€Their Curricula; Medical Schools; Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Chad; Central African Republic; Comoros; Congo; Democratic Republic of€Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Guinea; Egypt; Ethiopia; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Guinea-BissauKenya; Libya; Mali; Mauritania; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nigeria; Senegal; Seychelles; Somalia; South Africa (Not All Listed); Sudan; South Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Ethics and€Medical Practice in€Africa; Classic Hippocratic Oath; Modern Hippocratic Oath; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Leadership and€Health in€Africa; Leadership Corruption in€the€Health Care System in€Africa; Medical Tourism; The Brain Drain: Africa's Health Loss; Environmental Concerns and€Resource Utilization in€Africa; Alcoholism and€Drug Use in€Africa. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Eradicating the€Deadliest Diseases in€AfricaConclusion; Note; References; Chapter 4: Population in€Transition: North Africa's Health and€Health Care System(s); Algeria; Libya; Tunisia; Sudan; Somalia; Morocco; Djibouti; Egypt; Unique, The€Maghreb Health Systems Compared: Algeria, Morocco, and€Tunisia; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Health in€Africa and€the€Role of€International Organizations; The World Health Organization (WHO); The President's Emergency Plan for€ AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); The Global Fund to€Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and€Malaria (GFATM) | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Joint United Nations Program on€HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); Global Alliance for€Vaccines and€ Immunization (GAVI); United Nations Educational, Scientific, and€Cultural Organization (UNESCO); The World Bank or the€International Bank for€Reconstruction and€Development (IBRD) and€the€International Monetary Fund (IMF); Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders; Department for€International Development (DFID), United Kingdom; The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative (AGI); The Clinton Foundation: Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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