Africa in the time of cholera
Echenberg, Myron J.
Africa in the time of cholera a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present / [electronic resource] : Myron Echenberg. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xvi, 208 p. : ill., maps. - African studies ; 114 . - African studies series ; 114. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Cholera--History--Africa--19th century.
Cholera--History--Africa--20th century.
Cholera--History--Africa--21st century.
Epidemics--History.--Africa
Electronic books.
RA644.C3 / E24 2011
614.5/14096
Africa in the time of cholera a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present / [electronic resource] : Myron Echenberg. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. - xvi, 208 p. : ill., maps. - African studies ; 114 . - African studies series ; 114. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Cholera--History--Africa--19th century.
Cholera--History--Africa--20th century.
Cholera--History--Africa--21st century.
Epidemics--History.--Africa
Electronic books.
RA644.C3 / E24 2011
614.5/14096