Global health in Africa : : historical perspectives on disease control / / edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr.

• TeilnehmendeR: Giles-Vernick, Tamara, 1962-; Webb, James L. A., Jr., 1952-
• Place / Publishing House: Athens, Ohio : : Ohio University Press,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on global health
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (255 pages).
• Notes: "Global Health in Africa had its beginnings in 2008, at a one-day workshop at Princeton University"--Acknowledgements.
• Other title: Introduction /; The long history of smallpox eradication : lessons for global health in Africa /; The first large-scale use of synthetic insecticide to control malaria in tropical Africa : lessons from Liberia, 1945-62 /; A genealogy of treatment as prevention (TasP) : prevention, therapy, and the tensions of public health in Africa /; The true fiasco : the treatment and prevention of severe acute malnutrition in Uganda, 1950-74 /; People, great apes, disease, and global health in the northern forests of equatorial Africa /; Defenseless bodies and violent afflictions in a global world : blood, iatrogenesis, and hepatitis C transmission in Egypt /; "Snake in the belly" : Africa's unhappy experience with cholera during the seventh pandemic, 1971 to the present /; Male circumcision and HIV control in Africa : questioning scientific evidence and the decision-making process /; Heroin use, trafficking, and intervention approaches in Sub-Saharan Africa : local and global contexts /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780821420676 (hc : alk. paper); 9780821420683 (pb : alk. paper); 9780821444719
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Tamara Giles-Vernick and James L. A. Webb, Jr.