Health on Delivery - The Rollout of Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi (Paperback)

In 2004 Malawi began to offer antiretroviral therapy to anyone who needed it. This undertaking would have been ambitious for any nation, but it was unprecedented coming from one of the poorest countries in the world. Health on Delivery examines this introduction of state-provided antiretroviral therapy from an ethnographic perspective. Moving from World Health Organization boardrooms in Geneva to clinics held under trees in rural Malawi, it studies the patients, healthcare providers, and policy-makers involved, considering how the rollout has impacted their lives and professions. In doing so, it examines both the challenges and successes of an ambitious attempt to provide universal HIV treatment with limited money, infrastructure, and human resources. As well as an important case study, the book also offers an analytic framework to address the processes by which global policy is made and implemented. Engagingly written, Health on Delivery will be interesting reading for students and scholars of both anthropology and public health, as well as related disciplines such as geography, international politics and world development. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in global health policies and world development.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Anthropology and Global Public Health
Release date:	June 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Anat Rosenthal
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-1-61132-351-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Promotions
LSN:	1-61132-351-7
Barcode:	9781611323511

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