Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges

Author: Segal MBBCh PhD FRACP FRCP(London), Isidor

Brand: Academic Press

Edition: 1

ISBN: 9780128156773

Release Date: 19-11-2018

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 242

Details: Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges provides an in-depth examination into the rise of western digestive diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For those interested in the causes of the major diseases of the ‘West’, the patterns in Africa have always reflected on the emergence of western diseases and elucidated the pattern of these conditions and their clinical course. Coverage includes the present epidemiology of GI diseases in SSA, the trends that are occurring, and the context of other emerging diseases. Appropriate for researchers, gastroenterologists and internists, this book brings together the latest research in a single, complete volume. Provides evidence of the changes occurring in digestive disease in Sub-Saharan Africa due to Westernization Covers urbanization, upward mobility, demographics, environmental changes, and the availability of natural resources that have a decisive influence on digestive diseases Offers models for the amelioration of digestive diseases due to Westernization