Title The political ecology of malaria : emerging dynamics of wetland agriculture at the urban fringe in central Uganda / Matian van Soest.

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Bielefeld : Transcript, [2020]

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Description	1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Medical Humanities ; volume 4
	Medical humanities (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 4.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Figures and Tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Malaria: A brief overview -- 3. Ethnographic research in Uganda: Language and ethics in the field -- 4. Kampala's urban fringe: Socio-economic dynamics and transformations -- 5. Providing malaria treatment: Different forms of healthcare in Uganda -- 6. Coping with malaria: Facets of health seeking -- 7. Agriculture in the urban fringe: The ambivalent role of wetlands -- 8. Conclusion -- References.
Summary	Malaria remains one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Matian van Soest looks at the malaria epidemic in the peri-urban zones of Uganda's capital Kampala against the backdrop of recent socio-ecological transformations.Based on long-term ethnographic research, the book provides a holistic picture of the malaria epidemic in central Uganda, revealing the highly localized character of an epidemic that once spanned across almost the entire globe. Understanding, and ultimately tackling the disease, requires an appreciation of the social, political, as well as ecological circumstances that frame this epidemic.
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Subject	Malaria -- Social aspects -- Uganda -- Kampala.
	Malaria -- Social aspects.
	Uganda -- Kampala.
	Malaria.
	Malaria -- Uganda -- Kampala -- Epidemiology.
	Wetland agriculture -- Health aspects -- Uganda -- Kampala.
	Wetland agriculture.
	Uganda.
	Epidemiology.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
	Malaria -- Epidemiology.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Soest, Matian van The Political Ecology of Malaria : Emerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag,c2020 9783837650532
ISBN	9783839450536 electronic book
	3839450535 electronic book
	9783837650532

Title The political ecology of malaria : emerging dynamics of wetland agriculture at the urban fringe in central Uganda / Matian van Soest.

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