Healthcare Management Strategy, Communication, and Development Challenges and Solutions in Developing Countries analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If developing countries are to reach their development goals, their leaders must have a firm understanding of the impact of infectious diseases on their people and take prompt action to fix socioeconomic issues arising from the problems associated with poor health practices. Drawing on experiences from international health organizations such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), commissioned in poor countries to assist national governments in improving the wellbeing of their citizens, this volume analyzesmaternal and child mortality andthe spread of infectiousdiseases, and offers communication strategies for the management of malaria, HIV Aids, Polio, tuberculosis, and others in Somalia, Madagascar, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and India.

Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbiis graduate professor of communication and chair of the Department of Mass Communication at Jackson State University.

Introduction: Another View of Communication and Healthcare Management in Developing Regions
Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi

Section One: Theory and Design
The Role of Communication in Supporting Health Programs: A Researchers Perspective and Ethical ConsiderationsAndy O. Alali
Social Structural Contexts in Health and Healthcare: Reappraisal of the Roles of Development and Health CommunicationSrinivas R. Melkote
Understanding the Factors Associated with Ill-Health and the Role of Public Health in AfricaMario J. Azevedo

Section Two: Health and Communication Policy
Nutrition Education and CommunicationA Critical Examination of Research and
Practice in IndiaSubbaRao M. Gavaravrapu
Communicating HIV and AIDS Prevention in India: Identifying Appropriate Health Management Policies for Sustainable DevelopmentRavinda Kumar Vemula
Communication for Organizational Adjustment: How to Position Development Institutions for Enhanced Health CommunicationEmmanuel K. Ngwainmbi

Section Three: Experiences in the Field: Resources and Practice
Persuasion Challenges in Local Communities: Polio Immunizations Failure in Northern NigeriaCosmos Ikechukwu Eze
Changing Food and Nutrition Priorities in the Public Health Agenda of IndiaAn Historical PerspectiveSubbaRao M. Gavaravarapu

Section 4: Implementation of Healthcare Programs: Case Studies and Practitioners Experiences
Bridging Gaps in the Reproductive Health Agendas of Ministries of Health and International Financial Sponsors: UNFPAs Response in Madagascar and SomaliaAchu Lordfred
Controversies in Public Health: A Case for Prioritizing Integrated Communication in Public Health Interventions in AfricaAdebayo Fayoyin

Section 5: Health Education: Cultural Factors and Funding
HIV/AIDS in Africa: Contradictions, Controversies, and Containment NowCharles C. Okigbo, Nan Yu, and Angella Napakol