Africa in the time of cholera a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present /

Echenberg, Myron J.

Africa in the time of cholera a history of pandemics from 1817 to the present / [Texte imprimé] : Myron Echenberg - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 - 1 vol. (XVI-208 p.) : ill., cartep ; 23 cm - African studies ; 114 . - African studies series (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) .

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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

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Cholera Cholera Cholera Epidemics Cholera Disease Outbreaks History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, 21st Century

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