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This book chronicles 50 years of struggle to introduce family planning into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Interweaving details of major political, social, and economic events into the history of family planning in DRC, the book will interest development and public health researchers and practitioners, as well as DRC historians.
List of contents
Part I The Decades that Shaped the Congo 1. The Congo Free State (1885–1908); 2. The Belgian Congo (1908–60); 3. The First Decade Post-Independence (1960–69); Part II The Fifty Years of Family Planning 4. The 1970s: President Mobutu Authorizes Naissances Désirables; 5. The 1980s: Zaïre Experiences the First Golden Decade for Family Planning; 6. The 1990s: Development Work Paralyzed by Pillages and War; 7. The 2000s: Family Planning – Like the Country – Inches Back to Normalcy; 8. The 2010s: The DRC Experiences the Second Golden Decade of Family Planning; Part III Looking Backward, Pressing Forward 9. The Past, Present, and Future
About the author
Jane T. Bertrand is the Neal A. and Mary Vanselow Professor at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. For over four decades, Bertrand has combined an academic career of classroom teaching and publication with active engagement in family planning programs in Guatemala, Morocco, and Zaïre/DRC. A specialist in Monitoring and Evaluation, she has researched barriers to contraceptive use and assessed program performance. As director of the Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 2001 to 2009, Bertrand supported programs worldwide in Social and Behavior Change Communication across multiple public health topics.
Summary
This book chronicles 50 years of struggle to introduce family planning into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Interweaving details of major political, social, and economic events into the history of family planning in DRC, the book will interest development and public health researchers and practitioners, as well as DRC historians.
