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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kamat, Vinay R.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Organization)
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Malaria--Social aspects--Tanzania.
Malaria.
Malaria--Treatment--Tanzania.
Children--Diseases--Tanzania.
Children.
Children--Diseases.
Malaria--Treatment.
Malaria--Social aspects.
Tanzania--Social conditions.
Tanzania.
Social conditions.
Tanzania--Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Malaria--epidemiology.
Tanzania--epidemiology.
Malaria--therapy.
Child.
Social Conditions.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Medical Subjects:
Malaria--epidemiology.
Tanzania--epidemiology.
Malaria--therapy.
Child.
Social Conditions.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 299 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2013]
System Details:
text file
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?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288) and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
9780816599202
0816599203
Publisher Number:
99967432599
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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