A comprehensive overview of pandemics and their influence on global health that examines major types of infectious agents and modes of transmission, worldwide pandemics and attempts to control them, outbreaks and methods of fighting them, and other related topics.
Provides general information on Rwanda including its physical landscapes, people, culture, and history. Discusses the impact genocide has had on Rwanda and explores what life is like today for Rwandans.
Presents illustrated overviews of the physical geography, history, population, culture, society, politics, and economy of Africa south of the Sahara; discusses the region's future; and includes a chronology and a further reading list.
Examines the geography, history, people and culture, politics, and economy of Sudan, discusses the Darfur crisis, and looks at what it is like to live in Africa's largest country.
Photographs and text provide information about the natural landscapes, history, people and culture, government, economy, and different regions of the African country of Ghana.