Jane T. Bertrand

Gebundenes Buch

Fifty Years of Family Planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Dogged Pursuit of Progress

Beschreibung

This book chronicles 50 years of struggle to introduce family planning into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Interweaving details of major political, social, and economic events into the history of family planning in DRC, the book will interest development and public health researchers and practitioners, as well as DRC historians.

Autor

Jane T. Bertrand is the Neal A. and Mary Vanselow Professor at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. For over four decades, Bertrand has combined an academic career of classroom teaching and publication with active engagement in family planning programs in Guatemala, Morocco, and Zaïre/DRC. A specialist in Monitoring and Evaluation, she has researched barriers to contraceptive use and assessed program performance. As director of the Center for Communication Programs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 2001 to 2009, Bertrand supported programs worldwide in Social and Behavior Change Communication across multiple public health topics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9781032718873
• ISBN-10: 1032718870
• Artikelnr.: 70241084