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 …

Why healthcare cannot—and should not—become data-driven, despite the many promises
of intensified data sourcing. In contemporary healthcare, everybody seems to want more …

In recent years and across many nations, public health has become subject to forms of
governance that are said to be aimed at establishing accountability. In this introduction to a …

During the early 1990s, global health experts developed a new model of emergency
obstetric care: post-abortion care or PAC. In developing countries with restrictive abortion …

Each year, offices of the United States' President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) issue Country Operational Reports (COPs), which outline the “strategic directives” …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the Nigerian Extractive Industry
Transparency Initiative's (NEITI) ineffectiveness in delivering public accountability to …

Motivation Despite increasing research on the United Nations' 2030 Agenda and its 17
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a lack of attention to the role of political …

This book draws attention to political aspects of sustainable development goal-setting,
exploring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global-national nexus during …

Ontologies of intervention in global health involve a voracious appetite for data-collection of
data as evidence of what is intervention is needed, the establishment of metrics to organize …

This paper points to an underexplored relationship of reinforcement between processes of
quantification and digitisation in the construction of mental health as amenable to …