Social change and health in Tanzania

Kris Heggenhougen, Boston University
Joe Lugalla, The Aga Khan University

Abstract

Africa is experiencing dramatic processes of social change, with evident consequences for health. This collection of papers examines the impacts of modern developments on health in Tanzania with a view to establishing patterns at a continental level. The contributors consider how social change is impacting on young people's health, HIV/AIDS and mental health. It further considers the implications of poverty and social inequalities for health, concluding that the poorest suffer the adverse health effects of social change disproportionately; and that the effects of globalization, if unchecked left, herald severe consequences for the health of poor countries.