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020			_a9780511976599 (ebook)
020			_z9781107001497 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aRA644.C3 _bE24 2011
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100	1		_aEchenberg, Myron, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAfrica in the Time of Cholera : _bA History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present / _cMyron Echenberg.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (230 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aAfrican Studies ; _v114
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries as Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Myron Echenberg highlights the irony that this once-terrible scourge, having receded from most of the globe, now kills thousands of Africans annually - Africa now accounts for more than 90 percent of the world's cases and deaths - and leaves many more with severe developmental impairment. Responsibility for the suffering caused is shared by Western lending and health institutions and by often venal and incompetent African leadership. If the threat of this old scourge is addressed with more urgency, great progress in the public health of Africans can be achieved.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107001497
830		0	_aAfrican Studies ; _v114.
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511976599
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38759 _d38759