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Silent violence [electronic resource] : global health, malaria, and child survival in Tanzania / Vinay R. Kamat.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780816599202
  • 0816599203
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.1969/362009678 23
LOC classification:
  • RA644.M2 K36 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I, Global discourses -- The violence of a global killer -- Locating the field -- Commanding heights and failed promises -- Part II, Local practices -- Micropolitics of childhood malaria -- Malaria deaths and meaning making -- Malaria, single mothers and social suffering -- Part III, Philanthrocapitalism -- Old ideas and new promises -- Globalizing antimalarials -- Part IV, The way forward -- From malaria control to malaria elimination -- Epilogue: the end of malaria?
Summary: "Seeking to link social, economic, and political forces to local experiences of sickness and suffering, Silent Violence analyzes the experiences and practices of people most deeply affected by malaria. Vinay Kamat explores the experience of individuals and households confronted by malaria against the backdrop of social and health issues"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I, Global discourses -- The violence of a global killer -- Locating the field -- Commanding heights and failed promises -- Part II, Local practices -- Micropolitics of childhood malaria -- Malaria deaths and meaning making -- Malaria, single mothers and social suffering -- Part III, Philanthrocapitalism -- Old ideas and new promises -- Globalizing antimalarials -- Part IV, The way forward -- From malaria control to malaria elimination -- Epilogue: the end of malaria?

"Seeking to link social, economic, and political forces to local experiences of sickness and suffering, Silent Violence analyzes the experiences and practices of people most deeply affected by malaria. Vinay Kamat explores the experience of individuals and households confronted by malaria against the backdrop of social and health issues"--Provided by publisher.

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