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Sante, Societe Et Politiqueen Afrique (French, Paperback)
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Sante, Societe Et Politiqueen Afrique (French, Paperback)
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Africa is going through an alarming health crisis with multiple
pathologies, particularly HIV/AIDS which hinders the human and
socio-economic development of the continent. The decrepit state of
health systems in Africa has been greatly compounded by ill-suited
macro-economic programmes, hence exacerbating the flight of human
capital. There is also a crisis in the theories, models and the
construction of responses to this situation. These have been
influenced, since colonial times, by hegemonic concepts and
principles dictated from the West which fail to take into account
the cultural, social and political aspects of diseases in local
societies and communities. A re-conceptualisation of the health
question and approaches based on the questioning of dominant
paradigms are therefore needed to confront the on-going health
crisis and put Africa on track for development. Cheikh Ibrahima
Niang teaches at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal.
As a specialist on Social Anthropology and Environment Sciences, he
has worked extensively on social aspects of HIV/AIDS and public
health issues in Senegal, Cte d'Ivoire, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, the
Gambia and Guinea. He has published on sexuality, the HIV/AIDS
social and political impacts, and cultural approaches to epidemic
prevention. Niang has served as technical advisor to several United
Nations bodies, including ONUSIDA, OMS, World Bank, PNUD, BIT, etc.
He is the coordinator of Network SAHARA (Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS
Research Alliance) for West Africa.
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