AFST 122 - Health and Disease in Africa: A Medical Anthropology Perspective
Semester Hours:3Periodically
This course focuses on the myriad factors contributing to disease in Africa and
the various ways in which African cultures respond behaviorally to disease and
illness. We explore the etiology and clinical manifestations of disease and illness
and the practices directed toward the alleviation of disease and the promotion
of health against a backdrop of the political economy of African nations.