Ethnographies of health systems are a theoretically rich and rapidly growing area within
medical anthropology. Critical ethnographic work dating back to the 1950s has taken …

In the past decade, South Africa's" miracle transition" has been interrupted by waves of
protests in relation to basic services such as water and electricity. Less visibly, the post …

Executive summary Planned and unplanned migrations, diverse social practices, and
emerging disease vectors transform how health and wellbeing are understood and …

This original, field-changing collection explores the plasticity and unfinishedness of human
subjects and lifeworlds, advancing the conceptual terrain of an anthropology of becoming …

In Mozambique, where more than half of the national health care budget comes from foreign
donors, NGOs and global health research projects have facilitated a dramatic expansion of …

Reflecting on the recent West African Ebola outbreak, this piece advocates for a critical and
people-centered approach both to and within global health. I discuss the current state of the …

" This book addresses two central questions: What does it mean to shift the epistemic centre
of human rights thinking and to decolonise global human rights? And, how to study …

Este artigo analisa elementos comuns na trajetória de pessoas afetadas por doenças raras
hereditárias no Brasil, tendo por cerne a busca por diagnóstico e tratamento, ea …

Worldwide, governments have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic with emergency orders
and policies restricting rights to movement, assembly, and education that have impacted …

Intimamente conectada com decisões políticas e interesses de mercado, a pandemia de
Covid-19 é uma calamidade crônica agudizada que assola o mundo inteiro …