1st Edition

Public Health in Postcolonial Africa The Social and Political Determinants of Health

Edited By Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola Akande, Inocent Moyo Copyright 2024
230 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This fascinating, multi-disciplinary collection examines how public health interventions in postcolonial Africa mirror wider manifestations of power in the region. Beyond the role of public health intervention in tackling disease and prolonging life, the book measures the social and political determinants of health which continue to exist in the postcolonial era. The volume features... Read more

Introduction: Public Health in Postcolonial Africa
Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola M. Akande and Inocent Moyo

Part I: Healthcare Policy, Politics of Space and Social Justice

Chapter One - Politics of Healthcare Reform in Postcolonial Nigeria
Harriet Efanodor and Ozekhome G. Igechi

Chapter Two – Framing Climate Change-Public Health Nexus in the Political Economy of Adaptive Systems in Postcolonial Africa
Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola M. Akande and Inocent Moyo

Chapter Three – Rhetoric of Public Policies and Equity in Access to Health Care in Postcolonial Senegal
Marième Ciss

Chapter Four – Spatial Politics of Health and The Control of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in Post-Colonial Africa: Lessons from Lagos
Olukayode A. Faleye, Arthur C. Okafor and Jonathan Dangana

Part II: Church Administration and the Religious Determinants of Health

Chapter Five – Socioeconomic Dynamics of Covid-19 Pandemic, Church Administration and Social Welfare in Nigeria
Peter O. Alokan and Opeyemi Aluko

Chapter Six – Social Determinants of Health: The Contributions of the Catholic Church to Healthcare Delivery in Postcolonial Nigeria
Josephine Balogun and Emmanuel Okla

Part III: Sociopolitical Significance of Sexuality, Medicaments and Sexual Transmitted Diseases

Chapter Seven – Sociopolitical Significance of Asian Aphrodisiacs and African Sexualities in Postcolonial Zimbabwe
Basure Hardlife

Chapter Eight – Mass Media, Sexuality and the Social Determinants of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Andrew Ate, Ewomazino D. Akpor and Anthonia Otsupious

Part IV: Sociopolitical Determinants of Illness and Wellness in the African Literary Discourse

Chapter Nine – Traditional Medicine and Public Health in Postcolonial African Literary Discourse
Ngetcham Njouonap and Gbetnkom Assiatou

Chapter Ten – Necropolitics and the Expression of "Madness" in Nigerian Poetry
Solomon Awuzie

Chapter Eleven – Trumpism and the Necropolitics of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Implications and Relevance to the African Sociopolitical Ambience
Durojaiye Owoeye

Conclusion: Towards Postcolonial Approaches to Health in a Globalized World
Olukayode A. Faleye, Tanimola M. Akande and Inocent Moyo

Biography

Olukayode A. Faleye is Associate Professor in History and International Studies, Edo State University, Uzairue, Edo State, Nigeria.

Tanimola M. Akande is Professor of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

Inocent Moyo is Associate Professor in Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa.