TY - GEN T1 - An ambulance on safari : the ANC and the making of a health department in exile T2 - McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; A1 - Armstrong, Melissa Diane, 1990- LA - English PP - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago PB - McGill-Queen's University Press YR - 2020 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1156987683 AB - "During the apartheid era, thousands of South African political activists, militants, and refugees fled arrest by crossing into neighbouring southern African countries. Although they had escaped political oppression, many required medical attention during their period of exile. An Ambulance on Safari describes the efforts of the African National Congress (ANC) to deliver emergency healthcare to South African exiles and, in the same stroke, to establish political legitimacy and foster anti-apartheid sentiment on an international stage. Banned in South Africa from 1960 to 1990, the ANC continued its operations underground in anticipation of eventual political victory, styling itself as a "government in waiting." In 1977 it created its own Health Department, which it presented as an alternative medical service and the nucleus of a post-apartheid healthcare system. By publicizing its own democratic policies as well as the racist practices of healthcare delivery in South Africa, the Health Department won international attention for its cause and provoked widespread condemnation of the apartheid state. While the global campaign was unfolding successfully, the department's provision of health care on the ground was intermittent as patients confronted a fledgling medical system experiencing various growing pains. Still, the legacy of the department would be long, as many medical professionals who joined the post-apartheid Department of Health in South Africa had been trained in exile during the liberation struggle. With careful attention to both the international publicity campaign and on-the-ground medical efforts, An Ambulance on Safari reveals the intricate and significant political role of the ANC's Health Department and its influence on the anti-apartheid movement."-- OP - 311 CN - RA552.S6 A76 2020 SN - 9780228004233 SN - 0228004233 SN - 9780228004240 SN - 0228004241 SN - 9780228003298 SN - 0228003296 SN - 9780228003304 SN - 022800330X KW - African National Congress. : Health Department : History : 20th century. KW - Medical care : South Africa : History : 20th century. KW - Health Services : history KW - History, 20th Century KW - South Africa KW - Médecine : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Soins médicaux : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - MEDICAL : History. KW - Medical care KW - 1900-1999 KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -