Global Health and the Village: Transnational Contexts Governing Birth in Northern Uganda

Global Health and the Village explores the complex local and transnational factors that govern women's access to safe maternity care in a remote rural agrarian community in northern Uganda, highlighting the encounter between global health goals and local realities. It reveals the objectifying and colonizing premises of international health interventions, which can have negative consequences in local healthcare.

Format: Hardback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2021
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Women's experiences during pregnancy in post-conflict environments are marked by pervasive poverty, inadequate infrastructure, and limited access to healthcare services. Global Health and the Village, with a specific focus on a remote rural agrarian community in northern Uganda, delves into the intricate interplay of local and transnational factors that shape women's access to safe maternity care. By examining the cultural, social, economic, and health system factors that influence maternity care and birth, Rudrum also analyzes the clash between ambitious global health goals and the realities on the ground. Through an insightful interrogation of how culture and technical challenges are framed in international health interventions, Rudrum exposes the underlying objectifying and colonizing premises that often lead to negative consequences in local healthcare systems. This book offers valuable insights into the complex challenges faced by women in post-conflict settings and highlights the need for a more nuanced and culturally sensitive approach to healthcare provision.
Women's experiences during pregnancy in post-conflict environments are marked by pervasive poverty, inadequate infrastructure, and limited access to healthcare services. Global Health and the Village, with a specific focus on a remote rural agrarian community in northern Uganda, delves into the intricate interplay of local and transnational factors that shape women's access to safe maternity care. By examining the cultural, social, economic, and health system factors that influence maternity care and birth, Rudrum also analyzes the clash between ambitious global health goals and the realities on the ground. Through an insightful interrogation of how culture and technical challenges are framed in international health interventions, Rudrum exposes the underlying objectifying and colonizing premises that often lead to negative consequences in local healthcare systems. This book offers valuable insights into the complex challenges faced by women in post-conflict settings and highlights the need for a more nuanced and culturally sensitive approach to healthcare provision.

Women's experiences during pregnancy in post-conflict environments are marked by pervasive poverty, inadequate infrastructure, and limited access to healthcare services. Global Health and the Village, with a specific focus on a remote rural agrarian community in northern Uganda, delves into the intricate interplay of local and transnational factors that shape women's access to safe maternity care. By examining the cultural, social, economic, and health system factors that influence maternity care and birth, Rudrum also analyzes the clash between ambitious global health goals and the realities on the ground. Through an insightful interrogation of how culture and technical challenges are framed in international health interventions, Rudrum exposes the underlying objectifying and colonizing premises that often lead to negative consequences in local healthcare systems. This book offers valuable insights into the complex challenges faced by women in post-conflict settings and highlights the need for a more nuanced and culturally sensitive approach to healthcare provision.

Weight: 420g
Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487504557