Africa Today articles from June 1993

Africa Today archives from June 1993

Health care in twentieth century Africa: statistics, theories, and policies. (international aid improved mortality rates in Africa but is disappearing in 1980s and 1990s)
June 22, 1993... Preindustrial societies lived in dangerous environments where little could be done to extend human life. Tropical Africans inhabited some of the most dangerous of all, beset by both the pathogens of the temperate Eurasian landmass and by those...

Africa's population and family planning dynamics. (high population growth limits economic prospects in Africa)
June 22, 1993... The facts concerning African population dynamics are frightening. Population is growing at three percent annually in the sub-Saharan countries,(1) the fastest rate of growth in the world. Half of sub-Saharan Africans are under 20 years of age;...

AIDS in Africa: a perspective on the epidemic. (study into which sexual behaviour causes HIV infection needed to formulate prevention plans)
June 22, 1993... Introduction(1) The AIDS pandemic is a world problem, yet many writings on the topic focus attention particularly on Africa. These may suggest that the virus originated in Africa, and therefore it is Africans who are blamed for this...

Food and health: the Zambian experience. (Zambia produces less food since changing to European agriculture methods)
June 22, 1993... Hungry or malnourished people are not healthy people. No matter what other problems humans face, a secure food supply must be assured if life is to be lived well. Providing the means for a healthy diet should be the priority of the governments...

Advancing African health care through space technology: an interview with Dr. Mae C. Jemison. (Jemison Group Inc. promote advanced technology to improve health care in Africa) (Interview)
June 22, 1993... Prescriptions for advancing African development have become rather mundane and well rehearsed. Early debates over nationalization versus privatization, central control versus regional autonomy, and single versus multi-party systems have come...

The Akufo Akinyele Community Literacy and Health Project. (combined health and literacy centres in rural areas of Nigeria)
June 22, 1993... The Akufo Akinyele Community Literacy and Health Project is sponsored by the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help (IFESH), a U.S.-based NGO founded by the Reverend Leon Sullivan. The project aims to promote literacy, health...

Perpetuating neo-colonialism through population control: South Africa and the United States. (women of African descent 'persuaded' to use birth control)
June 22, 1993... While the process of colonialism and neo-colonialism subjugates both men and women, it does so in different manners. The neo-colonial relationship hinges on the exploitation of men's productive forces, but rests on the control of both the...

The Malaria Capers: More Tales of Parasites and People, Research and Reality.
June 22, 1993... Malaria directly results in an estimated million deaths a year in Africa, mostly women and children. It is the most important cause of admission to health facilities in many countries. These two books discuss malaria from distinct perspectives...

Malaria and Development in Africa: A Cross-Sectoral Approach.
June 22, 1993... Malaria directly results in an estimated million deaths a year in Africa, mostly women and children. It is the most important cause of admission to health facilities in many countries. These two books discuss malaria from distinct perspectives...

Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.
June 22, 1993... The World Bank funded study of disease and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is an indispensable volume for anyone seriously interested in African health problems. 'The 37 contributors, only six Africans, are mostly epidemiologists, demographers...

Women and AIDS in Rural Africa: Rural Women's Views of AIDS in Zambia.
June 22, 1993... Women and AIDS in Rural Africa is one of many narratives explaining the results of AIDS research in Africa. However, while many others exaggerate the scope, relevance and implications of their findings, this work brings a fresh approach to AIDS...

Facing up to AIDS: The Socio-Economic Impact in Southern Africa.
June 22, 1993... This book is the result of a conference on the socio-economic impact of AIDS in southern Africa, held in Durban, South Africa, July 1991. Facing Up To AIDS brings together some of the most well respected and most widely published authors in...

Mental and Social Disorder in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Sierra Leone, 1787-1990.
June 22, 1993... For countries with limited medical budgets, psychiatric treatment tends to have a low priority. This does not mean that the inhabitants do not suffer from mental illnesses as defined biomedically or in indigenous therapeutic systems, rather...

Mental Health and Psychiatry in Africa: An Annotated Bibliography.
June 22, 1993... Late one summer night in 1979, on the outskirts of the Sudanese town of El Obeid, I found myself talking with a Lebanese immigrant. He had been in the country for a number of years, and had established a reputation as one of the most savvy...

Plural Medical Systems in the Horn of Africa: The Legacy of 'Sheikh' Hippocrates.
June 22, 1993... This book is a fruition of careful longitudinal fieldwork in Babile, Eastern Ethiopia. Leendert J. Slikkerveer, a cultural anthropologist and development sociologist, not only explains the mindset of the residents of Babile regarding...

The Political Economy of Health in Africa.
June 22, 1993... It has been almost fifteen years since 134 governments signed the Alma-Ata Declaration on primary health care, in which they described in quite concrete terms their intentions for the implementation of primary health care (PHC) in their...

The Politics of Environmental Control in Northeastern Tanzania., 1840-1940.
June 22, 1993... This historical study concentrates on the Uzigua region of Tanzania, but certainly is of much wider significance given Professor Giblin's findings. The study focuses primarily upon the relationship between politics and human control of the...

Intervention in Child Nutrition: Evaluation Studies in Kenya.
June 22, 1993... The investigation of the causes and consequences of child nutritional status is given considerable attention by donor organizations and ministries of health across the continent. In Botswana, for example, over twenty such studies have been...