Principles of Medicine in Africa

A practical textbook targeting the clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of medical problems in Africa.

David Mabey (Edited by), Martin W. Weber (Edited by), Moffat Nyirenda (Edited by), Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (Edited by), Jackson Orem (Edited by), Laura Benjamin (Edited by), Michael Marks (Edited by), Nicholas A. Feasey (Edited by)

9781316511435, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 June 2025

1120 pages
28.5 x 22.3 x 5.8 cm, 3.29 kg

Principles of Medicine in Africa combines clinical medicine with a rich understanding of the major environmental and cultural influences on health and disease, providing comprehensive guidance for anyone intending to practise medicine in Africa. Presenting disease in the context of family and culture, the effects of inequality and problems of limited resources are addressed. The authors have a wealth of experience in front line healthcare in Africa and provide practical, evidence-based management guidelines for all the common and less common conditions likely to be encountered. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest research findings and management guidelines and there has been much greater involvement of African physicians in the writing and editorial process. The chapters on cancer and non-communicable diseases have been expanded and new chapters have been added on digital health, critical care in a resource-limited setting, antimicrobial resistance, COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases.

Part I. Health and Disease: 1. People and the environment
2. Food and nutrition
3. Humanitarian crises and forced displacement
4. Managing a health service with management and financing of drug supply
5. Digital health
6. Critical care medicine
Part II. Mother and Child Health: 7. The pregnant patient
8. Neonatal care
9. The integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)
10. Severe acute malnutrition in childhood
11. Diarrhoea
12. Pneumonia and other acute lower respiratory tract infections in children
13. Measles
14. Pertussis
Part III. Infection: General Principles: 15. Immune response to infections
16. Approach to the febrile adult patient
17. Management of Sepsis
18. Infection prevention and control
19. Outbreaks and epidemics
Part IV. Major Common Infections: 20. Malaria
21. HIV/AIDS
22. Tuberculosis
23. Pneumonia in adults
24. Meningitis
25. Sexually transmitted infections
Part V. Bacterial Infections: 26. Typhoid, paratyphoid and non-typhoid Salmonella infections
27. Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus
28. Rickettsioses and other rickettsial disease
29. Brucellosis
30. Leptospirosis
31. Relapsing fever
32. Plague
33. Anthrax
34. Tetanus
35. Diptheria
36. Leprosy
37. Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer)
38. Cholera
39. Antimicrobial resistance
Part VI. Viral Infections: 40. Viral haemorrhagic fevers: lassa fever, rift valley fever, ebola/marburg fever and crimean–congo fever
41. Yellow fever
42. Hepatitis
43. Dengue
44. Rabies
45. Influenza
46. Poliomyelitis
47. Varicella (chickenpox), herpes zoster and monkeypox
48. Rubella
49. Mumps
50. Covid-19
Part VII. Protozoal Infections: 51. Leishmaniasis
52. Human African trypanosomiasis
53. Amoebiasis
54. Intestinal protozoa
Part VIII. Helminth Infections: 55. Intestinal helminths
56. Schistosomiasis
57. Lymphatic filariasis and loa loa
58. Onchocerciasis
59. Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis
60. Hydatid disease
61. Paragonimiasis
62. Trichinellosis
63. Guinea Worm
Part IX. Fungal Infections: 64. Fungal infections
Part X. Non-Communicable Diseases: 65. Chronic and non-communicable disease in Africa
66. Diabetes mellitus
67. Hypertension
68. Stroke
69. Epilepsy
70. Mental health: depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance misuse and stigma
71. Chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, post-tuberculosis lung disease, bronchiectasis and HIV lung disease
72. The disabled patient
Part XI. Diseases of Body Systems: 73. The heart
74. The lung
75. Blood disorders
76. The gut
77. The liver
78. The kidney and body fluids
79. Bones and joints
80. Endocrinology
81. The nervous system
82. The skin
83. The eye
84. Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
Part XII. Cancer and Palliative Care: 85. Approach to cancer care, the key role of palliative Medicine
86. Approach to palliative care in cancer patients
87. Common solid malignancies
88. Common hematological malignancies
89. Common childhood cancers
90. Cancers in the HIV infected
Part XIII. Venoms and Poisons: 91. Venomous and other dangerous animals
92. Poisoning.

Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]