Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (eBook)

Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives

Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Oluwatoyin A. Odeku (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
262 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3370-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives discusses contemporary healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa to identify deficiencies in the system and provide workable recommendations for strengthening healthcare delivery on the continent. Contributors address topical issues such as drug quality, malaria control, health insurance, geriatric care, and the environment-health nexus. The contributors also study intimate partner violence and maternal-child health, food safety, prevalence of childhood tuberculosis, and cardiovascular diseases. This book provides in-depth analyses of current issues in Sub-Saharan Africa that blend theory and practice. The diverse group of contributors includes experts in clinical medicine, pharmacy, economics, anthropology, public health, and the social sciences.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2021
• Co-Autor: Gloria Afful-Mensah, Makafui I. Dzudzor, Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Gloria Ivy Mensah, Dominic Mureithi, Proscovia Namuli, Marther W. Ngigi, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Felix Nwafor, Oluwatoyin A. Odeku, Christie Bose Ola, Aderemi Suleiman Ajala, Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, Chioma Peculiar-Onyekere, Kayode Akinsete, Patricia Ohenewaa Akuffo-Henaku, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei, Felix Ankomah Asante, Richard M. Blay, Emmanuel A. Codjoe
• Zusatzinfo: 20 Illustrations including: - 8 Black & White Illustrations; - 12 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Covid-19 • drug quality • Food Safety • Healthcare Financing • healthcare in Africa • Health Economics • Health planning • health policy • Health Studies • Health Systems Strengthening • Malaria • maternal-child health • pharmacology • politics of healthcare • Public Health • SDGs • Sociology of Health • Sustainable Development Goals
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-3370-3 / 1793633703
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-3370-5 / 9781793633705