Librarian Araba Dawson-Andoh in front of the Focus on Africa exhibit in Alden Library, fourth floor.
Ohio University Libraries is hosting an exhibit titled “Wealth and Poverty: Focus on Africa” on the fourth floor of Alden Library from through Dec. 11.
The exhibit—which corresponds with the Wealth & Poverty theme’s fall Focus on Africa—is co-curated by Araba Dawson-Andoh, Africana Librarian and Dr. Caroline King’ori, Assistant Professor of Public Health.
The exhibit exemplifies the economic disparities in the delivery of maternal health in Africa and the strategies being applied to remove the barriers. Poverty related barriers such as inadequate funding, shortage of health-care workers, availability of transportation and lack of knowledge are common and can contribute to poor maternal health in Africa. The exhibit features articles, brochures, photographs and statistical information.
Pamphlets and brochures about pregnancy and childcare are on display in the “Wealth and Poverty: Focus on Africa” exhibit. The display highlights the state of maternal and child health in Africa and the strategies being used to improve it.
Brochures included in the exhibit were collected by Araba on a visit to Namibia in August from the maternal health clinic at the Katutura Hospital, a black township of Windhoek, Namibia. The brochures provide advice on how to improve maternal and child health, healthcare options available to pregnant women and family planning information.
Photographs displayed include a poster encouraging women to get tested for HIV/AIDS when pregnant, a bill board advising men to take their wives to the hospital to give birth and a hand written statistics of births at the Makeni regional hospital in Sierra Leone. Photographs also portray a wide range of activities in maternal clinics in different African countries including Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The exhibit includes articles on improvements made in expanding access to maternal health care in Africa.
The exhibit is part of the 2015 International Education Week, and it wraps up a series of events organized by the Wealth and Poverty theme during the fall semester. The events were jointly sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Health Sciences and Professions, and the Center for International Studies.
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