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Title:

Endangered bodies : women, children, and health in Africa / edited by Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton.

Publisher:

Africa World Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Women--Health and hygiene--Africa.
Women's health services--Africa.
Maternal health services--Africa.
Children--Health and hygiene--Africa.
Social medicine--Africa.
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.

Other Authors:

Falola, Toyin.
Heaton, Matthew M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781592215010 (pbk.)
1592215017 (pbk.)
9781592215003 (hardcover)
1592215009 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70218049

LCCN:

2006021121

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)