AFRI 1160 - Public Health in Africa: History, Politics, and Practice

Institution:

Brown University

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Description:

Examines the ways in which medical knowledge has been produced in sub-Saharan Africa. Treats all medical discourses and practices-including biomedicine and "indigenous" and pluralist medicines-as culturally-based systems of knowledge production. Explores the political economy of health and disease and the role of medicine and medical practices (hygiene, epidemiology, demography) in producing and maintaining power in both the colonial and postcolonial periods.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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