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Endangered bodies : women, children, and health in Africa

Title: Endangered bodies : women, children, and health in Africa / edited by Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton.
Publication: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2006], ©2006.

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xii, 291 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

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Contents

Emerging issues in Nigerian abortion jurisprudence / Victor Nnamdi Opara -- The freedom to risk one's life : women and the experience of clandestine abortions in urban Burkina Faso / Liza Debevec -- 'Poor whiteism', white maternal mortality, and the promotion of public health in South Africa : the Department of Public Health's endorsement of contraceptive services, 1930-1938 / Susanne Klausen -- Prevalence of sexual violence and its impact among women in Serbo Town, Ethiopia / Belen Asheber -- The silent victims of HIV/AIDS in Kenya : the plight of uninfected children among nomadic pastoralists / Winston Jumba Akala --
A rights-based approach in addressing the needs of children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa / Linda Jansen van Rensburg -- "Tell me an HIV/AIDS story" : to teach/heal/commemorate / Devi Sarinjeive -- Gender, sickle cell disease, and human rights in Nigeria / Olufunke Adesuwa Akiyode -- Public health policy in Kenya : the case of Nairobi's maternal & child health / Milcah Amolo Achola -- The role of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in the provision of health care services in rural Tanzania from the pre-colonial period to the present : the case of Chagga women / Elinami Veraeli Swai -- Pharmaceutical pioneers : female pharmacists in Dakar / Donna A. Patterson.

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2006021121

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