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Kampala women getting by : wellbeing in the time of AIDS

Author: Sandra Wallman; Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo; et al
Publisher: London : James Currey ; Kampala : Fountain Publishers ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1996.
Series: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of 'serious enough' infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children? How do they manage? What does it take to get by? How do they maintain the wellbeing of the household in a setting without what would be considered a basic health provision in an American or European city? Professor Wallman focuses on women in a densely-populated  Read more...
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Wallman, Sandra.
Kampala women getting by.
London : James Currey ; Kampala : Fountain Publishers ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 1996
(OCoLC)622944229
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sandra Wallman; Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo; et al
ISBN: 0852552424 9780852552421 0852552416 9780852552414 0821411586 9780821411582 0821411594 9780821411599
OCLC Number: 34676931
Description: x, 246 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
Series Title: Eastern African studies (London, England)
Responsibility: Sandra Wallman ; in association with Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo ... [et al.].

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What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of 'serious enough' infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children? How do they manage? What does it take to get by? How do they maintain the wellbeing of the household in a setting without what would be considered a basic health provision in an American or European city? Professor Wallman focuses on women in a densely-populated part of Kampala called Kamwokya. With the help of a team of Ugandans and non-Ugandans a vivid picture emerges, enhanced by colour photographs, sketches and maps. Women are largely responsible for the management of illness in all member of the family. Young children are at particular risk and the women have to take the first crucial decisions about treatment. Formal health resources are scarce and so they most often resort to an extraordinary range of treatments provided in the informal economy. A holistic picture of all the options that local people recognize is drawn, and an enriched understanding of problems and opportunities for health care in tropical cities emerges. Multidisciplinary work on sexually transmitted disease is rare, even in this time of AIDS, and the book effectively maps the social contexts of its perception and management. Moreover, it focuses on women as ordinary citizens, selected by residence and not by reference to known medical conditions or high risk behaviour. It is important too that the field strategies have encouraged local informants to become active participants in the definition of local problems and their solutions.

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