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Health and Medical Geography in Africa
This contributed volume focuses on the evolution and current state of the sub-discipline of health and medical geography in Africa. It encompasses theoretical and methodological issues as well as the current teaching and research capacities of institutions offering programs in health and medical geography in Africa. Further, the book will review the level of adoption of the sub-discipline in State policies and practice and also provide practical illustrations, with case studies, of how studies in the sub-discipline are central to the actualization of Africa's development agenda. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between health and development. Through its direct and indirect i...
Géopolitique des rapports de santé dans l'agglomération librevilloise
Ville en pleine expansion démographique depuis l'accession du pays à l'indépendance en 1960, favorisée par les facteurs économique, démographique et politique, Libreville est caractérisée par une implantation des infrastructures sanitaires qui ne suit pas la croissance urbaine. Il en résulte des disparités spatiales dans l'offre de soins aussi bien des structures de soins modernes que traditionnelles. Le système de soins traditionnels est en pleine mutation et connaît actuellement une organisation systémique. Cette étude montre que les rapports de santé entre les deux systèmes de soins sont à la fois conflictuels et complémentaires, obligeant le malade à une alternative ou...
The Origins of AIDS
An updated edition of Jacques Pépin's acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.
Historical Dictionary of Gabon
This new fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Gabon brings up to date the political affairs of the country, since the accession to power of Ali Bongo, eldest son of Omar Bongo, the former president-for-life, who died in 2009 after the publication of the third edition. Themes of “continuity” and “change” are present throughout the entries, not only as the Bongo family continues its half century of dynastic rule (there are a dozen Bongos in this new edition), but as the rare primeval tropical rainforests continue to dominate the landscape yet are menaced by destructive logging and palm oil plantations, and as this former French colony after independence continues to collabora...
Le destin ombragé de Mihidu
Mihidu, dont le nom signifie "persécution", est destiné à devenir juge coutumier. Parti à Massiendjo pour des raisons scolaires, il est témoin de deux affaires de justice mêlant pouvoir et tradition. Plus tard, il décide de partir à Librevile au Gabon, où il fréquente les milieux pentecôtistes pour conjurer le mal.
Chroniques du Congo au coeur de l'Afrique
Partant des histoires portugaise, hollandaise, anglaise, française et congolaise du Congo et du Gabon, l'auteur analyse comment celles-ci ont participé à la destructuration du Congo, notamment en ce qui concerne le règlement des conflits en milieu "traditionnel". En deuxième partie sont proposés quelques contes qui ont baigné la société africaine, permettant aux sociétés congolaises de traverser les années et les conflits.
Spirits and Letters
Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise 'the Spirit' and 'the Letter' as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions of the relationship between 'charisma' and 'institution' by analysing reading and writing practices in contemporary Christianity. Taking up the continuing anthropological interest in Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity, and representing the first book-length treatment of literacy practices among African Christians, this volume explores how church leaders in Zambia refer to the Bible a...
The Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
The most recent Ebola epidemic that began in late 2013 alerted the entire world to the gaps in infectious disease emergency preparedness and response. The regional outbreak that progressed to a significant public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) in a matter of months killed 11,310 and infected more than 28,616. While this outbreak bears some unique distinctions to past outbreaks, many characteristics remain the same and contributed to tragic loss of human life and unnecessary expenditure of capital: insufficient knowledge of the disease, its reservoirs, and its transmission; delayed prevention efforts and treatment; poor control of the disease in hospital settings; and inade...
Biodiversity of Malaria in the world
At the present time, malaria is responsible for a million deaths a year, with 500 million reported cases of the disease and 2.5 billion people at risk of contracting it. The distribution and severity of the disease vary with the causative agents, vectors and environment. Of the 4 possible parasites, only P. falciparum causes fatal forms; the three others have debilitating effects related to frequent disease recurrence and reviviscence. More than 50 species of anophele are involved in the obligatory transmission of the parasite from man to man. Climate, environment and biogeography condition the distribution of anophele species and modulate the intensity of transmission. This is what is known...
