The Political Ecology of Malaria: Emerging Dynamics of Wetland Agriculture at the Urban Fringe in Central Uganda

Matian van Soest

doi:10.14361/9783839450536

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright Year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-5053-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-5053-6
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: Medical Humanities
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 212
Product Type: Monograph

Frontmatter Full access Pages 1 - 4 Download chapter (PDF)
Contents Full access Pages 5 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
Acknowledgments No access Pages 9 - 10
Abbreviations No access Pages 11 - 12
Figures and Tables No access Pages 13 - 14
Relevance of the study and literature No access Pages 16 - 18
The need for an ecological context No access Pages 18 - 19
Research questions No access Pages 20 - 22
Outline of the book No access Pages 22 - 24
Introduction No access Pages 25 - 26
Global Perspective No access Pages 27 - 30
The parasite''s life cycle No access Pages 30 - 32
The interplay of humans, mosquitoes, and parasites No access Pages 32 - 34
Malaria in numbers No access Pages 34 - 40
Progression of the disease No access Pages 40 - 42
Malaria testing and treatment of clinical malaria No access Pages 43 - 44
Malaria treatment No access Pages 44 - 45
Local understandings of malaria No access Pages 45 - 46
Plurality of meanings, syncretic models No access Pages 46 - 48
Perceptions of malaria: a "killer disease"? No access Pages 48 - 50
Initial considerations No access Pages 52 - 54
Interdisciplinary research projects and their methodological implications No access Pages 54 - 55
Qualitative research in a foreign research setting: the issue of language No access Pages 55 - 57
Working with an interpreter No access Pages 57 - 63
Hiring an assistant No access Pages 63 - 65
Doing research, constructing the field No access Pages 65 - 69
Positionality: A German researcher in Uganda No access Pages 69 - 74
Doing research in a health facility No access Pages 74 - 78
Central Uganda No access Pages 79 - 84
Infrastructure No access Pages 84 - 86
The Namulonge Research Farm No access Pages 86 - 87
Wetlands No access Pages 88 - 90
Land ownership and land use No access Pages 90 - 91
Structural adjustment: the 1998 Uganda Land Act No access Pages 91 - 92
Colonial legacies: the introduction of mailo land No access Pages 92 - 95
Mailo land in Namulonge No access Pages 96 - 96
Health in local context No access Pages 97 - 97
Health care in Uganda No access Pages 97 - 100
Introduction No access Pages 101 - 109
Self-medication and individualized conceptions of health No access Pages 109 - 112
Mapping healthcare No access Pages 112 - 113
Healthcare in Uganda: Historical Perspective No access Pages 114 - 117
Formalized healthcare No access Pages 117 - 119
Informal healthcare No access Pages 119 - 128
Introduction No access Pages 129 - 134
Costs of biomedical malaria treatment No access Pages 134 - 138
Malaria treatment outside the biomedical arena No access Pages 138 - 141
Peter No access Pages 141 - 146
Gerald No access Pages 146 - 149
Mukyala Nakakande No access Pages 149 - 154
Wetland agriculture and mosquitoes No access Pages 155 - 157
Malaria and Agriculture No access Pages 157 - 160
Wetlands as economic resource No access Pages 160 - 162
Wetland mining No access Pages 163 - 165
Fisheries No access Pages 165 - 166
Malaria and agriculture: local perceptions No access Pages 167 - 168
Malaria campaigns and wetland agriculture No access Pages 169 - 170
Wetlands as a last resort No access Pages 170 - 178
The ambivalent character of wetlands No access Pages 178 - 180
Introduction No access Pages 181 - 186
Outlook No access Pages 186 - 190
References No access Pages 191 - 212