Contemporary healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa : social, economic, and cultural perspectives / edited by Edward Nketiah-Amponsah and Oluwatoyin A. Odeku

Published:: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xxii, 240 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Additional Creators:: Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward, Odeku, Oluwatoyin Adepeju, 1966-, and Conermann, Stephan

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Contents:

Foreword / Stephan Conermann -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Contemporary Healthcare Isssues-Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives / Edward Nketiah-Amponsah and Oluwatoyin Odeku -- A Reflection on Contemporary Economic, Social and Cultural Healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) / Felix Ankomah Asante and Makafui Isaac Dzudzor -- Medicine Quality in West Africa: Impact of Trans-Border Trade / Oluwatoyin Adepeju Odeku and Christie Bose Ola -- Tackling Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Medicinal Plant Approach / -- Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, Nwafor Felix Ifeanyi, and Chioma Obianuju Peculiar-Onyekere -- Malaria Control in Ghana: Past, Present and Future Perspectives / Ama Pokuaa Fenny and Patricia Ohenewaa Akuffo-Henaku -- Intimate Partner Violence as a Silent Killer: Analyzing Domestic Violence as a Health Hazard in Uganda / Proscovia Namuli -- Caring for the Aged: Africa's Next Health Challenge / Emmanuel Ashiedu Codjoe -- Ghana's National Health Insurance Authority and provision of quality health care services: Some reflections on the provider payment reforms within the National Health Insurance Scheme / Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei -- Cultural Negotiation and Invention of Healthcare Strategies among Cattle Nomads of Oyo North, Nigeria / Aderemi Suleiman Ajala and Kayode Akinsete -- Safe food systems for better health outcomes: Emerging food safety issues, challenges and solutions in sub-Saharan Africa / Marther W. Ngigi and Dominic Mureithi -- Indoor Air Pollution and Child Health in Africa / Gloria Afful-Mensah, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, and Robert Kaba Alhassan -- Paediatric tuberculosis in Ghana: understanding the sociocultural context to increase case detection / Gloria Ivy Mensah -- Maternal nutrition and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in offspring: translating research into practice in sub-Saharan Africa / Michael Richard Blay.

Summary:

"This book discusses contemporary healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa to identify deficiencies in the system and provide recommendations for strengthening healthcare on the continent. Experts in clinical medicine, economics, public health, and the social sciences provide in-depth analyses of current issues that blend theory and practice"--

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ISBN:

9781793633705 electronic book
1793633703 electronic book

Note:

"This compendium is a product of a DAAD Alumni workshop that was held in Accra, in November 2019"--Foreword.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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