Social Change and Health in Tanzania (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789976604061)

Africa is experiencing dramatic processes of social change, with evident consequences for health. This collection of papers examines the impacts of modern developments on health in Tanzania with a view to establishing patterns at a continental level. The contributors consider how social change is impacting on young people's health, HIV/AIDS and mental health. It further considers the implications of poverty and social inequalities for health, concluding that the poorest suffer the adverse health effects of social change disproportionately; and that the effects of globalisation, if unchecked left, herald severe consequences for the health of poor countries.

Author: Kris H. Heggenhougen
ISBN-10: 9976604068
ISBN-13: 9789976604061
Publisher: Dar es Salaam University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.07h x 5.96w x 0.92d