Los que trabajamos en salud indígena sabemos que es muy común que los pobladores
indígenas o campesinos sean representados como culpables de sus problemas de salud …

Abstract Loreto, in the Peruvian Amazon, has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates
in the country. However, underlying causes of adolescent pregnancy are not fully …

Promotion of “skilled birth attendants”(SBAs) in global maternal health policy raises the
question of how policymakers should respond to lay midwives, termed “traditional birth …

For abortion seekers, Peru is an uncaring state where legal and policy interventions have
resulted in violence, persecution, and neglect. This state of abortion uncare is set within …

" Partial Stories takes readers to Malawi, where roughly one in twenty women can expect to
die of a pregnancy or childbirth complication, despite decades of safe-motherhood …

Honorable Mention for the Association for Feminist Anthropology's Rosaldo Book Prize,
2021 Maternal health outcomes are a key focus of global health initiatives. In Delivering …

Andean communities occupy a special place in the history of anthropology, having given
shape to fundamental theories of kinship, peasant economics, Indigenous medical systems …

In this book, we make space to interrogate obstetric violence; from its historical and legal
roots and contemporary realities, to responses of advocacy and resistance. Through the lens …

Peru is among Latin American countries with the largest Indigenous population, yet ethnical
health disparities persist, particularly in the Amazon region which comprises 60% of the …

ABSTRACT In 1996, Alberto Fujimori introduced the National Program for Reproductive
Health and Family Planning 1996–2000, the first publicly funded family planning program in …