Book
| Title: |
Endangered bodies : women, children, and health in Africa / edited by Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton. |
| Published: |
Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2006. |
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| Description: |
xii, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: |
Emerging issues in Nigerian abortion jurisprudence / Victor Nnamdi Opara -- The freedom to risk one's life : women and the experience of clandestine abortions in urban Burkina Faso / Liza Debevec -- 'Poor whiteism', white maternal mortality, and the promotion of public health in South Africa : the Department of Public Health's endorsement of contraceptive services, 1930-1938 / Susanne Klausen -- Prevalence of sexual violence and its impact among women in Serbo Town, Ethiopia / Belen Asheber -- The silent victims of HIV/AIDS in Kenya : the plight of uninfected children among nomadic pastoralists / Winston Jumba Akala --A rights-based approach in addressing the needs of children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa / Linda Jansen van Rensburg -- "Tell me an HIV/AIDS story" : to teach/heal/commemorate / Devi Sarinjeive -- Gender, sickle cell disease, and human rights in Nigeria / Olufunke Adesuwa Akiyode -- Public health policy in Kenya : the case of Nairobi's maternal & child health / Milcah Amolo Achola -- The role of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in the provision of health care services in rural Tanzania from the pre-colonial period to the present : the case of Chagga women / Elinami Veraeli Swai -- Pharmaceutical pioneers : female pharmacists in Dakar / Donna A. Patterson. |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1592215009 (hardcover) |
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9781592215003 (hardcover) |
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1592215017 (pbk.) |
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9781592215010 (pbk.) |
| Subject: |
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Africa.
Women's health services -- Africa.
Maternal health services -- Africa.
Children -- Health and hygiene -- Africa.
Social medicine -- Africa.
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| Med. subject: |
Child Welfare -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Maternal Welfare -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Communicable Disease Control -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Health Policy -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Rural Population -- Africa South of the Sahara.
Socioeconomic Factors -- Africa South of the Sahara.
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| Authors: |
Falola, Toyin.
Heaton, Matthew M.
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| HOLLIS number |
011347052 |
| Link to this record |
http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu//accessible.ashx?itemid=%7clibrary%2fm%2faleph%7c011347052
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