L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture 14: Anthro 3283 Lecture 14: LECTURE 14: CULTURAL COMPETENCY
5 Oct 2016
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A salvage ethnography of the guinea worm by amy moran-thomas. Jimmy carter"s guinea-worm eradication campaign in ghana in the late-1980s. Spread by: water fleas consume guinea worm larvae residing in stagnant water, humans ingest water, guinea worms grow and mate inside of body. Jimmy carter led a campaign to remove guinea worms from infected bodies. Politicized worm, rather than a public health approach to improve/purify water, poverty reduction. Also, cultural interpretation of worms as implanted in blood at birth via ancestors or witches therefore needing ritual healing. Intervention in hiv/fatal disease would have been far more productive. Dissonance within local communities evinces not cultural barriers" or. Superstitions" to be overcome, but deep-seated questions and critical insights that require careful listening. million funding from gates foundation in 2008. 22 cases in 2015 (down from 3. 5 million in 1986) likely will be first eradicated parasitic disease.
