Health Geography in Sub-Saharan Africa: Development-Health Nexus

Author Biography

Dr. Joseph Asumah Braimah is an Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough. His research focuses primarily on the health and wellbeing of marginalized and structurally exposed populations in the Global South and the Global North, drawing on multiple methodologies and theoretical perspectives. His work largely revolves around aging and health, social determinants of health, food insecurity, and community-based participatory research.  Dr. Vincent Kuuire is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at University of Toronto Mississauga. His research interests include migration and immigrant well-being, population health, environment and health connections, healthcare access, and non-communicable diseases. His research sites are in North America (specifically Canada) and several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. He also teaches courses in health and migration. Dr. Elijah Bisung is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University. He is a health geographer focusing on social and environmental production of health and well-being. His research interests include environmental collective action for environmental health promotion, environmental stress and psychosocial health, community based participatory research, health systems resilience to climate change, and safe water and sanitation interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.