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Public Health Policies in the Akyem Abuakwa of Ghana (1850-1957)

Published:2020-12-01 Issue:2 Volume:20 Page:129-157
ISSN:1339-7877
Container-title:Ethnologia Actualis
language:en
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Author:

Gyamfi Samuel Adu¹^ORCID,Asiamah Phinehas¹,Darkwa Benjamin Dompreh¹^ORCID,Tomdi Lucky²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of History and Political Studies , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ghana

2. Department of History , University of New Brunswick , Canada

Abstract

Abstract Akyem Abuakwa is one of the largest states of the Akan ethnic group in Ghana. Notwithstanding its size and important contribution to Ghana’s development, historians have paid little attention in doing academic research on the health history of the people. Using a qualitative method of research, this paper does a historical study on public health policies in Akyem Abuakwa from the 1850s to 1957. We utilised documentary and non-documentary sources to discuss the various public health policies implemented in Akyem Abuakwa from the pre-colonial era to the colonial era. We examined the impact of the policies on the people of Akyem Abuakwa and the various challenges faced by the British colonial administration in their quest to implement public health policies.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/eas-2021-0014

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