HIV/AIDS, illness, and African well-being
By: edited by Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton.
Contributors: Falola, Toyin.; Heaton, Matthew M.
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora -- v. 27
Publisher: University Of Rochester Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9781580462402
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- Congresses.; Public health -- Africa -- Congresses.; HIV Infections -- Africa South of the Sahara -- Congresses.; Attitude to Health -- Africa South of the Sahara -- Congresses.; Communicable Disease Control -- Africa South of the Sahara -- Congresses.; Health Care Costs -- Africa South of the Sahara -- Congresses.; Health Promotion -- Africa South of the Sahara -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "The chapters presented here were originally presented at a conference on African health and illness held at the University of Texas at Austin from March 25-27, 2005."--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The infectious continent : Africa, disease, and the western imagination / Sophie Wertheimer; title: Waterborne diseases and urban water supply in Makurdi, Nigeria, 1927-60 / Akpen Philip; title: Smallpox and social control in colonial Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1850-1916 / Kalala Ngalamulume; title: Poor man's trouble, rich man's graveyard : a study of malaria and epidemiological sciences since the nineteenth century / Raphael Chijioke Njoku; title: Perceptions of epilepsy in a traditional society : an Akan (Ghana) family's experience / Cecilia S. Obeng; title: Disability in Nigeria / Gabriel B. Fosu ... [et al.]; title: The microbial rebellion : trends and containment of antimicrobial resistance in Africa / Iruka N. Okeke; title: Development and the epidemiologic transition in Sub-Saharan Africa / Kathryn H. Jacobsen and Melissa K. Van Dyke; title: The economic burden of Buruli ulcer disease on households in rural Ghana / Frank N.F. Dadzie and Gerald M. Mumma; title: Health issues in a mining community in South Africa / Freek Cronjé and Charity Chenga; title: Globalization, health, and the hajj : the West African pilgrimage scheme, 1919-38 / Matthew M. Heaton; title: Of savages and mass killing : HIV/AIDS, Africa, and the crisis of global health governance / Obijiofor AgiNam; title: Vicissitudes of AIDS policies in Burkina Faso from 1985 to 2001: a historical perspective / Yacouba Banhoro; title: Factors associated with deliberate attempts to transmit HIV infection among persons living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania / William N. Mkanta; title: Development and alternative mitigation treatment opportunities of the HIV/AIDS epidemic / Richard Beilock and Kaley Creswell; title: Confusion, anger, and denial : results of HIV/AIDS focus group discussions with urban adult Zimbabweans / Mandi Chikombero; title: Proposals for analyzing the economic growth effects of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa / Richard Beilock.