HIST 332 — The History of Western Medicine in Ghana
History · University of Ghana
This course describes the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial systems of healthcare. It describes the laying of the foundations of Western Medical practice and the further development of the system since the country became politically independent. It emphasises the changes that medical policy has undergone since the late 19th Century, the reasons and impact of these changes, the contributions of individual employees (Ghanaian and expatriate) to the present structure of the Medical services, and the establishment of the Ghana Medical School. The course will describe how several major diseases have been eradicated or tamed with reasons which explain the successes and failures. There shall be considerably less emphasis on disease causation and medical terminology.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- HIST 311 — History of Ghana up to 1800
- HIST 313 — History of Africa up to 1500
- HIST 315 — The Black Diaspora
- HIST 317 — Economic History of West Africa: 1700 to 1890
- HIST 319 — Aspects of Early Modern European History
- HIST 321 — Islam and Christianity in Africa
- HIST 323 — Colonial and Modern India Studies
- HIST 326 — History of Africa up to 1800
- HIST 334 — Women in History
- HIST 336 — History of Pan-Africanism
- HIST 111 — Earliest Civilizations
- HIST 112 — Selected Topics in World History
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).