Amy S Patterson: 2 books
Africa and Global Health Governance
Domestic Politics and International Structures
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Global health campaigns, development aid programs, and disaster relief groups have been criticized for falling into colonialist patterns, running roughshod over the local structure and authority of the countries in which they work. Far from powerless, however, African states play complex roles in...
Dependent Agency in the Global Health Regime
Local African Responses to Donor AIDS Efforts
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This volume examines how local actors respond to Africa’s high dependence on donor health funds. It focuses on the large infusion of donor money to address HIV and AIDS into Malawi and Zambia and the subsequent slow-down in that funding after 2009. How do local people respond to this dynamic aid...