Aging and Health in Africa

Countries with a high percentage of elders risk a serious disease burden and increasing stress on health and social welfare systems.Nowhere is this more evident than on the African continent, where high poverty rates, civil unrest, and unsteady government structures exist alongside medical advances...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Maharaj, Pranitha. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:International Perspectives on Aging ; 4
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8357-2