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Fifty years of creativity, crisis, and cancer in Uganda

Mika, MA; (2016) Fifty years of creativity, crisis, and cancer in Uganda. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines , 50 (3) pp. 395-413. 10.1080/00083968.2016.1272061. Green open access

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Abstract

This article tells the story of the Uganda Cancer Institute over the past 50 years. I discuss the fundamental dynamism of research collaborations and the ways in which they bring vital yet partial investments in improving the capacity of medical facilities in sub-Saharan Africa. I explore the ways in which patient populations and the needs of caretakers themselves shape research collaborations. I also show how extreme oscillations in the capacity to conduct oncology research and provide care were (and are) tied not only to shifting international research priorities, but also to broader upheaval and periods of stability in Uganda since independence in 1962. Rather than dwelling on the debris, ruins, or an emptying of capacity in the health sector in Africa, this article highlights how this experimental infrastructure in East Africa not only survived, but also fundamentally shaped a culture of care and oncology practice that lived on. / Cet article revient sur les 50 dernières années de l’Institut du cancer ougandais. Je traite du dynamisme fondamental des collaborations de recherche et de la manière dont elles entraînent des investissements essentiels, quoique partiels, dans l’amélioration des capacités des établissements médicaux en Afrique subsaharienne. J’examine comment les populations de patients et les besoins des soignants eux-mêmes déterminent les collaborations de recherche. Je montre également comment les fluctuations extrêmes de la capacité à conduire des recherches en oncologie et à dispenser des soins étaient (et sont) liées, non seulement aux changements des priorités de recherche, mais aussi aux bouleversements, dans un sens plus large, et aux périodes de stabilité en Ouganda, depuis l’indépendance du pays en 1962. Plutôt que de s’attarder aux débris, aux ruines, ou à l’évidement des capacités du secteur de la santé en Afrique, cet article souligne comment cette infrastructure expérimentale en Afrique de l’Est a non seulement survécu, mais a aussi déterminé, de façon fondamentale, une culture du soin et de la pratique de l’oncologie qui a perduré.

Type: Article
Title: Fifty years of creativity, crisis, and cancer in Uganda
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2016.1272061
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00083968.2016.1272061
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Cancer, Uganda, capacity, survival, infrastructure, L’Ouganda, capacité, survie
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1540152
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