Better health interventions in Africa means understanding individual and communal practices of care

Storer, Liz (2021) Better health interventions in Africa means understanding individual and communal practices of care. Africa at LSE (13 Apr 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has refocussed research into local responses to global health campaigns and the complex relationships between individual and communal practices of care. Drawing on ethnographic work in Uganda, researchers at the LSE Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa argue that humanitarian responders should consider the impact of reifying the individual as the primary actor.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	IGA: Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa Geography & Environment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	28 May 2021 12:51
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:05
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110546

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