The Problem of Health: Evaluating the Legacy of Western Biomedicine on Kenyan Health

Author(s): Emily Anne Wolff

Type: Research abstract

Department: Department of Government

Exhibit no: 73


A normative evaluation of the impact of colonialism and Western medicine on Kenyan health, using colonial administration documents and secondary literature to highlight the underlying motives of Western medical expansion, colonial introduction of disease, and the lingering legacies of profit and power in contemporary Kenyan health care systems.