{"product_id":"the-riddle-of-malnutrition-jennifer-tappan-9780821422458","title":"The Riddle of Malnutrition: The Long Arc of Biomedical and Public Health Interventions in Uganda","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than ten million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition globally each year. In Uganda, longstanding efforts to understand, treat, and then prevent the condition initially served to medicalize it, in the eyes of both biomedical personnel and Ugandans who brought their children to the hospital for treatment and care. Medicalization meant malnutrition came to be seen as a disease--as a medical emergency--not a preventable condition, further compromising nutritional health in Uganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than rely on a foreign-led model, physicians in Uganda responded to this failure by developing a novel public health program known as Mwanamugimu. The new approach prioritized local expertise and empowering Ugandan women, blending biomedical knowledge with African sensibilities and cultural competencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Riddle of Malnutrition, \u003c\/i\u003e Jennifer Tappan examines how over the course of half a century Mwanamugimu tackled the most fatal form of childhood malnutrition--kwashiorkor--and promoted nutritional health in the midst of postcolonial violence, political upheaval, and neoliberal resource constraints. She draws on a diverse array of sources to illuminate the interplay between colonialism, the production of scientific knowledge, and the delivery of health services in contemporary Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Tappan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821422456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821422458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Jennifer Tappan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086965682431,"sku":"9780821422458","price":80.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_298de0b8-9e8e-4852-9670-386d01c9fdb7.jpg?v=1769097523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-riddle-of-malnutrition-jennifer-tappan-9780821422458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}