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Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo. A history of health care delivery in rural Ghana, ca. 1925 to 1980

This PhD thesis written at the University of Basel contributes a particular perspective on the history of health care delivery in rural Africa and beyond.

Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo examines the development of health care delivery at a former mission hospital in Ghana. It reveals configurations of interests, values and ideologies that shaped the development and implementation of health care practices, strategies and concepts. By providing an in-depth analysis, the book contributes a particular perspective on the history of health care delivery in rural Africa and beyond. It addresses topics that are still heavily under-researched. These include the `decolonisation' of health care as well as the development and implementation of medical concepts for `developing countries' such as primary health care.

Pascal Schmid: Medicine, Faith and Politics in Agogo. A history of health care delivery in rural Ghana, ca. 1925 to 1980 (Schweizerische Afrikastudien - Etudes africaines suisses Vol. 13). Lit-Verlag 2018.

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