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Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives discusses contemporary healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa to identify deficiencies in the system and provide workable recommendations for strengthening healthcare delivery on the continent. Contributors address topical issues such as drug quality, malaria control, health insurance, geriatric care, and the environment-health nexus. The contributors also study intimate partner violence and maternal-child health, food safety, prevalence of childhood tuberculosis, and cardiovascular diseases. This book provides in-depth analyses of current issues in Sub-Saharan Africa that blend theory and practice. The diverse group of contributors includes experts in clinical medicine, pharmacy, economics, anthropology, public health, and the social sciences.
Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward (PhD) is associate professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana. Odeku,Oluwatoyin A. (PhD) is professor of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology and the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Foreword Stephan Conermann Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Contemporary Healthcare Isssues-Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives Edward Nketiah-Amponsah and Oluwatoyin Odeku Chapter 1: A Reflection on Contemporary Economic, Social and Cultural Healthcare issues in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Felix Ankomah Asante and Makafui Isaac Dzudzor Chapter 2: Medicine Quality in West Africa: Impact of Trans-Border Trade Oluwatoyin Adepeju Odeku and Christie Bose Ola Chapter 3: Tackling Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Medicinal Plant Approach Peculiar Feenna Onyekere, Nwafor Felix Ifeanyi, and Chioma Obianuju Peculiar-Onyekere Chapter 4:Malaria Control in Ghana: Past, Present and Future Perspectives Ama Pokuaa Fenny and Patricia Ohenewaa Akuffo-Henaku Chapter 5: Intimate Partner Violence as a Silent Killer: Analyzing Domestic Violence as a Health Hazard in Uganda Proscovia Namuli Chapter 6: Caring for the Aged: Africa's Next Health Challenge Emmanuel Ashiedu Codjoe Chapter 7: Ghana's National Health Insurance Authority and provision of quality health care services: Some reflections on the provider payment reforms within the National Health Insurance Scheme Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei Chapter 8: Cultural Negotiation and Invention of Healthcare Strategies among Cattle Nomads of Oyo North, Nigeria Aderemi Suleiman Ajala and Kayode Akinsete Chapter 9: Safe food systems for better health outcomes: Emerging food safety issues, challenges and solutions in sub-Saharan Africa Marther W. Ngigi and Dominic Mureithi Chapter 10: Indoor Air Pollution and Child Health in Africa Gloria Afful-Mensah, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, and Robert Kaba Alhassan Chapter 11: Paediatric tuberculosis in Ghana: understanding the sociocultural context to increase case detection Gloria Ivy Mensah Chapter 12: Maternal nutrition and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in offspring: translating research into practice in sub-Saharan Africa Michael Richard Blay
