Benson A Mulemi
Biographic Data
| ID | 178644 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benson A Mulemi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benson A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mulemi |
| SIGNATURE | MULEMI B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic University of Eastern Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5677-4625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Provincialising Global Oncology
Global Oncology is an important project and concept which has made significant strides in recent years
The Socio-Cultural Challenges to the Bamako Initiative in Bondo District Implications for Community-Based Malaria Control
The provision of basic health services to the underserved communities is the popular model for the implementation of the Bamako Initiative (B1) in Kenya. This paper examines the socio-cultural factors that influence the community's use of the locally available malaria control resources and the other primary health care services provided within the 131 program. An ethnographic study of the Bamako Initiative as implemented in the Luo cultural conte…
Biomedicine and the humanities
In this article, we discuss the challenges facing humanities researchers approaching studies in clinical and community health settings. This crossing of disciplines has arguably been less often explored in the countries we discuss-Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa-but our experiences also speak to broader trouble with disciplinary 'ethnocentrism' that hampers the development of knowledge. After a brief contextualising overview of the structures wi…
Household Perception of Ethnic Material Culture in Socio-economic Enterprises in Kanoni and Engari-sya Sub-counties of Kiruhura District, S.W.Uganda
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the importance of ethnic material culture particularly basket making and wood carving in household socio-economic enterprises in Kanoni and Engari-sya sub-counties in Kiruhura district, S.W. Uganda. The study reviewed eshekuru and orugari to illustrate the importance of ethnic material culture in household socio-economic enterprises. The study was based on ethnographic data collected from twelve pa…
Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine
Journal Article Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic Get access Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 228. £16.99. ISBN 978 0 8223 5327 0. Benson A. Mulemi Benson A. Mulemi Catholic University of Eastern Africa; Nairobi, Kenya [email protected] Search for other works by t…
Patients' perspectives on hospitalisation
This paper explores how adult cancer in-patients feel about and make sense of their condition and therapy. Data was collected through observation and informal conversations with patients and hospital staff, over a period of 12 months, on a cancer ward in a teaching hospital in Kenya. I held in-depth conversations on multiple occasions with 42 patients. Most of them expected to recover quite fully, despite having postponed seeking medical help, an…
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the attention of highly regarded local traditional healers when threatened by snakebite poisoning. This paper examines curative and preventive snakebite treatments, beliefs and practices collected from 100 Luo respondents. The informa…
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the attention of highly regarded local traditional healers when threatened by snakebite poisoning. This paper examines curative and preventive snakebite treatments, beliefs and practices collected from 100 Luo respondents. The informa…
Patients' perspectives on hospitalisation
This paper explores how adult cancer in-patients feel about and make sense of their condition and therapy. Data was collected through observation and informal conversations with patients and hospital staff, over a period of 12 months, on a cancer ward in a teaching hospital in Kenya. I held in-depth conversations on multiple occasions with 42 patients. Most of them expected to recover quite fully, despite having postponed seeking medical help, an…
Biomedicine and the humanities
In this article, we discuss the challenges facing humanities researchers approaching studies in clinical and community health settings. This crossing of disciplines has arguably been less often explored in the countries we discuss-Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa-but our experiences also speak to broader trouble with disciplinary 'ethnocentrism' that hampers the development of knowledge. After a brief contextualising overview of the structures wi…
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the attention of highly regarded local traditional healers when threatened by snakebite poisoning. This paper examines curative and preventive snakebite treatments, beliefs and practices collected from 100 Luo respondents. The informa…
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the attention of highly regarded local traditional healers when threatened by snakebite poisoning. This paper examines curative and preventive snakebite treatments, beliefs and practices collected from 100 Luo respondents. The informa…
Indigenous Snake Bite Remedies of the Luo of Western Kenya
Medicinal plants have been overtaken in the treatment of snake bites by serum therapy and are rarely considered efficacious remedies in biomedicine. Nevertheless, rural inhabitants rely on plant medical material and the attention of highly regarded local traditional healers when threatened by snakebite poisoning. This paper examines curative and preventive snakebite treatments, beliefs and practices collected from 100 Luo respondents. The informa…
Patients' perspectives on hospitalisation
This paper explores how adult cancer in-patients feel about and make sense of their condition and therapy. Data was collected through observation and informal conversations with patients and hospital staff, over a period of 12 months, on a cancer ward in a teaching hospital in Kenya. I held in-depth conversations on multiple occasions with 42 patients. Most of them expected to recover quite fully, despite having postponed seeking medical help, an…
Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine
Journal Article Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic Get access Julie Livingston, Improvising Medicine: An African Oncology Ward in an Emerging Cancer Epidemic. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 228. £16.99. ISBN 978 0 8223 5327 0. Benson A. Mulemi Benson A. Mulemi Catholic University of Eastern Africa; Nairobi, Kenya [email protected] Search for other works by t…
Household Perception of Ethnic Material Culture in Socio-economic Enterprises in Kanoni and Engari-sya Sub-counties of Kiruhura District, S.W.Uganda
The main objective of this study was to evaluate the importance of ethnic material culture particularly basket making and wood carving in household socio-economic enterprises in Kanoni and Engari-sya sub-counties in Kiruhura district, S.W. Uganda. The study reviewed eshekuru and orugari to illustrate the importance of ethnic material culture in household socio-economic enterprises. The study was based on ethnographic data collected from twelve pa…
Biomedicine and the humanities
In this article, we discuss the challenges facing humanities researchers approaching studies in clinical and community health settings. This crossing of disciplines has arguably been less often explored in the countries we discuss-Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa-but our experiences also speak to broader trouble with disciplinary 'ethnocentrism' that hampers the development of knowledge. After a brief contextualising overview of the structures wi…
The Socio-Cultural Challenges to the Bamako Initiative in Bondo District Implications for Community-Based Malaria Control
The provision of basic health services to the underserved communities is the popular model for the implementation of the Bamako Initiative (B1) in Kenya. This paper examines the socio-cultural factors that influence the community's use of the locally available malaria control resources and the other primary health care services provided within the 131 program. An ethnographic study of the Bamako Initiative as implemented in the Luo cultural conte…
Provincialising Global Oncology
Global Oncology is an important project and concept which has made significant strides in recent years
Medicine (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Envenomation (2 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (2 works) · Global Health and Surgery (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Medicinal plants (2 works)