Health, Politics, and Culture
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The Health, Politics and Culture in Africa project was initiated during the autumn of 2015. The project addresses a number of sub-themes that include health governance, the double burden of disease, media representations of health and Africa, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and reproductive health.
Project Description
The project creates a new platform and network at Uppsala University for teaching, supervision and research at the intersection of the medical sciences and the humanities. Furthermore, it promotes meaningful collaborations with universities, research institutes and networks in Africa and elsewhere.
Health, Politics and Culture in Africa is a strategic funds by the Vice Chancellor that links the Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences with the Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacology.
Download the full project concept. Pdf, 450 kB.
Two special issues were published through the project
Suspicious Medical Matters
Nordical Journal of African Studies
Female Genital Cutting: The Global North and South
In collaboration with Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies at Malmö University.
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