Background Compensation for research participants can be provided for reasons including
reimbursement of costs; compensation for time lost, discomfort or inconvenience; or …

Following the successful development of vaccines for COVID-19, attention turned to the
problem of vaccine access. However, in contexts where vaccines are available, hesitancy …

The mass production of antibiotics in the 1940s enabled their travel beyond Europe and
America, but to date the significance of the ways in which these medicines co-constituted …

Karonga District, in northern Malawi, is among the most thoroughly studied areas in the
world with respect to leprosy. This report traces the story of leprosy work in the district over …

The increasing expansion and intensity of European imperialism overseas produced new
knowledge on purity, health and cleanliness, which affected the development of hygiene …

This article explores how the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic played out in one British
colony, Nyasaland (now Malawi). Using a variety of data sources, I illustrate how the disease …

This thesis examines healthcare provision in the Central African Federation, the late colonial
union between the British colonies of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and …

Missions have played numerous developmental roles towards the achievement of economic
and social advancement including the provision of healthcare. From their entry into Africa …

Most studies of Christian missionaries in British Assam have focused on their role in
promoting Christianity or education, not to mention their contributions to the development …

This study traces the historical trajectory of the Catholic physician in Belgium and the
Belgian Congo between 1890 and 1965. By conceiving the Catholic physician as a persona …