HISTORICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROCESSES IN AFRICA

This article outlines the historical development in African studies of the sub-discipline of historical epidemiology and the contemporary challenges of understanding infectious disease processes that require integrating biomedical and historical knowledge. It suggests that Africanist historians can...

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Published inJournal of African history Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 3 - 10
Main Author Webb, James L. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.03.2013
Subjects
Africa
Biomedical research
Biomedicine
Cognitive problems, arts and sciences, folk traditions, folklore
Collaboration
Development
Disease
Diseases
Epidemiology
Ethnology
Historical analysis
Historical source materials
Historical text analysis
History
Infectious diseases
JAH Forum: HEALTH AND ILLNESS IN AFRICAN HISTORY
Knowledge
Medical anthropology
Public health
Sources and methods
Traditional and modern medicine; public health
Traditional sciences and medicine
Africa
AIDS
disease
historiography
HIV
Health
Infectious disease
Historiography
Disease
History
Epidemiology
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Summary:This article outlines the historical development in African studies of the sub-discipline of historical epidemiology and the contemporary challenges of understanding infectious disease processes that require integrating biomedical and historical knowledge. It suggests that Africanist historians can play a significant role in collaborative and multidisciplinary research in this field by exploring the histories of disease processes and interventions, and thereby contributing to improvements in public health practice and outcomes.
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ISSN:0021-8537
1469-5138
DOI:10.1017/S0021853713000042