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Pathologies of Modernisation: Epidemiological Imaginaries and the Smoking Epidemic in Postcolonial Africa (2021)

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The critical role that epidemiologists and epidemiology play in global health today has been the focus of a growing body of work in the social sciences and humanities.¹ A lot of this work has been concerned with how epidemiologists have transformed the government of international health efforts over the last 30 years, from innovative techniques to calculate life to new forms of accountability.² In contrast to this work, the present chapter examines how political and social theories have shaped epidemiological imaginaries. A few scholars have started to explore this question.³ The present chapter builds on this burgeoning body of work

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Authors & Contributors
Milov, Sarah
Mika, Marissa Anne
Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Kafui
Breen, Benjamin
Maes, Kenneth
Ramah McKay
Concepts
Public health
Medicine and government
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Public policy
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
Places
Africa
England
Great Britain
Africa, Sub-Sahara
South Asia
Ethiopia
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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