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    Malaria on the Move ? Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890?2015: Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890?2015

    Malaria on the Move ? Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890?2015 by Manamere, Kundai;

    Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890?2015

    Series: Perspectives on Global Health;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher MJ ? Ohio University Press
    • Date of Publication 28 April 2025
    • Number of Volumes Print PDF

    • ISBN 9780821425862
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages224 pages
    • Size 229x152x15 mm
    • Weight 666 g
    • Language English
    • Illustrations 3 Maps
    • 700

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    Short description:

    Malaria on the Move provides a historical analysis of malaria control in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late nineteenth century to 2015. The book examines how migration and travel influenced the risk of malaria and reaffirms the need to take into consideration local socio-economic factors in designing and implementing interventions.

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    Malaria on the Move explores the socioeconomic aspects of endemic malaria in the southeastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. The book provides a historical analysis of malaria control and eradication programs in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late nineteenth century to 2015. Kundai Manamere draws connections between malaria epidemiology and human mobility relating to large- and small-scale farming, labor migration, colonial displacement, war, and rural-to-urban movements. She examines how circular labor migration and rural travel influence the risk of malaria for individuals and communities and shows how migration and travel have spread the disease and impeded control efforts. More importantly, the book demonstrates that the need to travel for work is an indicator of a local hierarchy of priorities. It reaffirms the urgent need for partners in malaria control to consider local socioeconomic factors in the design and implementation of intervention programs. The inclusion of local contexts, perspectives, and voices in formulating national and global public health policies and interventions is critical to addressing public noncooperation.

    To date, biomedical studies of malaria outnumber socioeconomic and political studies of the disease. Manamere advocates for a multipronged approach that goes beyond standard scientific research methods. Her approach incorporates how socioeconomic considerations of recipient communities influence malaria epidemiology, local perceptions of the disease, and responses to interventions. This context is particularly important for understanding why malaria has remained a global health challenge and why so many interventions have failed. Scientifically, malaria is a disease of the landscape, and its ecological complexity poses challenges to its eradication. Yet biological and ecological landscapes are not exclusive factors in the spread of disease; as Manamere demonstrates, the socioeconomic environment is equally important.



    Malaria on the Move greatly enriches our understanding of the history of malaria in Southern Africa. Kundai Manamere details how government policies and economic necessity drove Africans to move between malarial and nonmalarial regions of southeast Africa over the past century. These movements shaped the changing epidemiology of malaria and undermined efforts to eliminate it. The book provides a richly documented case study that should be read by scholars and practitioners alike.

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