The Political Economy of Health Care in Senegal

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" The Political Economy of Health Care in Senegal "
Maghan Keita

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1071344
Doc. No	:	LA114973
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852196X00124‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Maghan Keita
Title & Author	:	The Political Economy of Health Care in Senegal [Article]\ Maghan Keita
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1996
Volume/ Issue Number	:	31/3-4
Page No	:	145–161
Abstract	:	"In 1978 in the city of Alma Ata of the former Soviet Union, the World Health Organization declared its intention to provide "health for all by the year 2000." In the third world, this was to be achieved through the integration of "traditional and modern medicine." In the case of Senegal, the prescription was ahistorical. It did not take into account several centuries of integration in all areas, including health care. The central argument here is that four centuries of activity have made integration an historical fact for the peoples of Senegambia. The results of that integration are manifested in the inadequacies of the current health care system which evolved through the contestations of various political economic polities for control of the Senegambian region."
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852196X00124‬