Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa

Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook
Author Edward Nketiah-Amponsah
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 263
Release 2021-05-03
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1793633703

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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.

African Futures

African Futures
Title African Futures PDF eBook
Author Clemens Greiner
Publisher Africa-Europe Group for Interd
Pages 412
Release 2022
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9789004470811

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"The essays in this collection are written to make readers (re)consider what is possible in Africa. The essays shake the tree of received wisdom and received categories, and hone in on the complexities of life under ecological and economic constraints. Yet, throughout this volume, people do not emerge as victims, but rather as inventors, engineers, scientists, planners, writers, artists, and activists, or as children, mothers, fathers, friends, or lovers - all as future-makers. It is precisely through agents such as these that Africa is futuring: rethinking, living, confronting, imagining, and relating in the light of its many emerging tomorrows"--

Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook
Author Dean T. Jamison
Publisher World Bank Publications
Pages 414
Release 2006-01-01
Genre Medical
ISBN 0821363980

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Current data and trends in morbidity and mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented in this new edition reflect the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS has had on health indicators, leading to either a stalling or reversal of the gains made, not just for communicable disorders, but for cancers, as well as mental and neurological disorders.

Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II

Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II
Title Historical Perspectives on the State of Health and Health Systems in Africa, Volume II PDF eBook
Author Mario J. Azevedo
Publisher Springer
Pages 305
Release 2017-01-24
Genre History
ISBN 3319325647

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This book focuses on Africa’s challenges, achievements, and failures over the past several centuries using an interdisciplinary approach that combines theory and fact and evidence-based practices and interventions in public health, and argues that most of the health problems in Africa are not a result of scarce or lack of resources, but of the misconceived and misplaced priorities that have left the continent behind every other on the globe in terms of health, education, and equitable distribution of opportunities and access to (quality) health as agreed by the United Nations member states at Alma-Ata in 1978.

Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa

Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook
Author National Research Council
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 368
Release 2006-11-10
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0309180090

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In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed as repositories of information and wisdom, and are critical pillars of the community but as the HIV/AIDS pandemic destroys family systems, the elderly increasingly have to deal with the loss of their own support while absorbing the additional responsibilities of caring for their orphaned grandchildren. Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa explores ways to promote U.S. research interests and to augment the sub-Saharan governments' capacity to address the many challenges posed by population aging. Five major themes are explored in the book such as the need for a basic definition of "older person," the need for national governments to invest more in basic research and the coordination of data collection across countries, and the need for improved dialogue between local researchers and policy makers. This book makes three major recommendations: 1) the development of a research agenda 2) enhancing research opportunity and implementation and 3) the translation of research findings.

Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook
Author Uganda National Academy of Sciences
Publisher National Academies Press
Pages 128
Release 2011-01-16
Genre Medical
ISBN 0309148804

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Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders, and most do not have the resources to obtain treatment. The Uganda National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine hosted a workshop to discuss the state of care for MNS disorders in sub-Saharan Africa.

Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa

Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa
Title Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook
Author Omigbodun, Olayinka
Publisher Book Builders
Pages 266
Release 2018-03-13
Genre Medical
ISBN 9789211597

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Seventy percent of the global burden of mental disorders is located in low and middle income countries (LMIC),including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, in Africa,only 0.62% of the national health budget is allocated to mental health compared to a global median of 2.8% and 5% in Europe. The government is the source of funding in 62%of patients with severe mental disorder in the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Region, the lowest of all the WHO regions, and lower compared to a global median of 79%. This is compounded by poor resources, with mental health outpatient facilities in WHO Africa Region being less that 10% of the global median. To address these problems, the WHO launched its Mental Health Action Gap Programme (mhGAP) in 2008, to scale-up mental health services in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The book is directed to all policy makers in sub-Saharan Africa to aid decision making about the urgent need for sustainable and relevant mental health care strategies, and the important areas that need priority. The book should be helpful to local and international researchers in formulating research questions relevant to the African continent and it will be of interest to medical practitioners and students in the region as adjunct to standard text books.