Global Health in Africa : Historical Perspectives on Disease Control.

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. LOOKING BACK -- ONE: The Long History of Smallpox Eradication Lessons for Global Health in Africa -- TWO: The First Large-Scale Use of Synthetic Insecticide for Malaria Control in Tropical Africa Lessons from Liberia, 1945-62 -- THREE: A Genealogy of Treatment as Prevention (TasP) Prevention, Therapy, and the Tensions of Public Health in African History -- FOUR: The True Fiasco The Treatment and Prevention of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Uganda, 1950-74 -- PART II. THE PAST IN THE PRESENT -- FIVE: People, Great Apes, Disease, and Global Health in the Northern Forests of Equatorial Africa -- SIX: Defenseless Bodies and Violent Afflictions in a Global World Blood, Iatrogenesis, and Hepatitis C Transmission in Egypt -- SEVEN: "Snake in the Belly" Africa's Unhappy Experience with Cholera during the Seventh Pandemic, 1971 to the Present -- PART III. THE PAST IN THE FUTURE -- EIGHT: Male Circumcision and HIV Control in Africa Questioning Scientific Evidence and the Decision-Making Process -- NINE: Heroin Use, Trafficking, and Intervention Approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa Local and Global Contexts -- About the Contributors -- Index.

Global Health in Africa 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.

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