Development and Women's Reproductive Health in Ghana, 1920-1982

This book explores the history of women's reproductive health in Ghana, arguing that between the 1920s and 1980s, it was largely driven by discourses of development and population control. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in the history of public health, development and Africa.

List of contents

Introduction Chapter 1: Hoping for Growth: population and development in colonial Gold Coast 1920 - 1932 Chapter 2: Humanitarianism in the Gold Coast 1932-1939: the establishment of maternal and infant welfare Chapter 3: Social Development and Medicalising Reproduction 1940-1956 Chapter 4: Reproducing the Nation in Nkrumah’s Ghana 1952 – 1966 Chapter 5: Establishing the National Family Planning Programme, 1966 - 1972 Chapter 6: From Population Control to Primary Health Care? Rural Health Interventions in Ghana, 1969 – 1982 Afterword Bibliography

About the author

Holly Ashford completed her PhD in History at Cambridge University, UK.

Summary

This book explores the history of women's reproductive health in Ghana, arguing that between the 1920s and 1980s, it was largely driven by discourses of development and population control. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in the history of public health, development and Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Holly Ashford
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032227863
• ISBN: 978-1-032-22786-3
• No. of pages: 254
• Weight: 490 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Health and Healing in Africa and the African Diaspora
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Africa, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Health systems & services, Nursing specialties, Health systems and services, MEDICAL / Nursing / Care Plans, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies