The South African Disease
Author: Cedric De Beer
Publisher: Africa World Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780865430396
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Communicable Diseases in Southern Africa
Author: Elma W. Kortenbout
Publisher: Pearson South Africa
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781770255258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe CD-ROM contains case studies, questions and answers, visual references and useful additional material.
Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Dean T. Jamison
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 0821363980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrent 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.
Profile of Disease and Health Care in South Africa
Author: H. C. J. Van Rensburg
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 6)
Author: King K. Holmes
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2017-11-06
Total Pages: 1027
ISBN-13: 1464805253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInfectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective packages of interventions and strategies across delivery platforms to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, adult febrile illness, viral hepatitis, and neglected tropical diseases. The volume emphasizes the need to effectively address emerging antimicrobial resistance, strengthen health systems, and increase access to care. The attainable goals are to reduce incidence, develop innovative approaches, and optimize existing tools in resource-constrained settings.
Epidemics
Author: Howard Phillips
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2012-09-12
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0821444425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today—smallpox, bubonic plague, “Spanish influenza,” polio, and HIV/AIDS—the book probes their origins, their catastrophic courses, and their consequences in both the short and long terms. The impacts of these epidemics ranged from the demographic—the “Spanish flu,” for instance, claimed the lives of six percent of the country’s population in six weeks—to the political, the social, the economic, the spiritual, the psychological, and the cultural. Moreover, as each of these epidemics occurred at crucial moments in the country’s history—such as during the South African War and World War I—the book also examines how these processes affected and were affected by the five epidemics. To those who read this book, history will not look the same again.
Epidemiological Change Chronic Disease
Author: ADJAYE-GBEWONYO VAUGHAN
Publisher:
Published: 2021-01-27
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781787357051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHIV/AIDS in South Africa
Author: S. S. Abdool Karim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-06-17
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9781139487931
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second edition of the book provides up-to-date information on new drugs, new proven HIV prevention interventions, a new chapter on positive prevention, and current HIV epidemiology. This definitive text covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, from basic science to medicine, sociology, economics and politics. It has been written by a highly respected team of South African HIV/AIDS experts and provides a thoroughly researched account of the epidemic in the region.
The Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables
Author: Kerry Cullinan
Publisher: Jacana Media
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1770096914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays by some of South Africa's foremost HIV/AIDS writers, doctors and activists takes us down the rabbit hole of AIDS denialism. It is a lively reconstruction of one of the most bewildering events of post-apartheid South Africa, when the democratic government questioned the link between HIV and AIDS and disputed the efficacy of antiretroviral drugs. During this period, thousands of people died unnecessarily as their treatment became the subject of intellectual debate by politicians.
Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-10-16
Total Pages: 753
ISBN-13: 0309092116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
