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Africa in the time of cholera a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present
Title:
Africa in the time of cholera a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present
Author:
Echenberg, Myron J.
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Publication Information:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xvi, 208 p. : ill., maps.
Series:
African studies ; 114
African studies series ; 114.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The First Six Cholera Pandemics, 1817-1947: 1. 'The fiend of pestilence' circles the globe; 2. Medical responses; 3. Cholera ravages Sub-Saharan Africa: Senegambia, Ethiopia, and Zanzibar, 1821-1894; 4. Cholera in North Africa and the Nile Valley: Tunisia, 1835-1868, and Egypt, 1823-1947; Part II. The Seventh Cholera Pandemic Strikes Africa: 5. Medical changes; 6. Seventh pandemic in Africa, 1971-2009; 7. Risk factors: environment and geography, armed conflicts and the dispersal of refugees; 8. Risk factors: public health policy choices among stable and weak states; 9. Zimbabwe, portrait of cholera in a failed state; 10. Cholera today.
Abstract:
"This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817"--Provided by publisher.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RA644 .C3 E24 2011 | 977929-1001 | Ebook Central | Searching... |
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