Endangered Bodies: Women, Children, and Health in Africa

Falola, Toyin; Heaton, Matthew M.

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Title:	Endangered Bodies: Women, Children, and Health in Africa
Editors:	Falola, Toyin Heaton, Matthew M.
Chapter(s):	Present
Year:	2006
Pages:	291
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Trenton, NJ
Publisher:	Africa World Press
ISBN:	1592215009; 9781592215010
Geographic terms:	Nigeria Burkina Faso Ethiopia South Africa Kenya Tanzania Senegal
Subjects:	Health, Nutrition, and Medicine Women and Their Children abortion Family Planning and Contraception
Abstract:	Originally presented at a conference on African health and illness held at the University of Texas at Austin from March 25-27, 2005, the essays in this collective volume focus on child and maternal health and in particular, the combination of real medical risks with the social environment that often exacerbates them, which women and children face. The essays all revolve around the central issues of raising awareness about the often unspoken health needs of these marginalized groups, as well as what needs to be done to ameliorate their situation both legally and socially. They address these issues in a number of ways, through discussions of women's reproductive rights (South Africa in the 1930s), abortion rights (Nigeria) and abortion practices (Burkina Faso), the rights of HIV-infected children and AIDS orphans (Kenya, South Africa), the prevalence of (sexual) violence against women with its associated health risks (Ethiopia), government policy on maternal and child welfare (Kenya) and the ways that women are restructuring their social milieu to take greater control over both voicing and providing for the health needs of their communities (traditional birth attendants among the Chagga in Tanzania; female pharmacists in Dakar, Senegal). Contributions are by Milcah Amolo Achola, Winston Jumba Akala, Olufunke Adesuwa Akiyode, Belen Asheber, Liza Debevec, Linda Jansen van Rensburg, Susanne Klausen, Victor Opara, Donna A. Patterson, Devi Sarinjeive and Elinami Swai.

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