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  • Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

    Creator:
    Hammer, Michaela
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    After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
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    ………………………………………….! 9! ! ! Development!in!Ecuador…………………………………………………….! 12! ! ! Dynamics!of!medical!knowledges

  • ¿Reforma de salud en Ecuador como modelo de éxito? Crítica al número especial de la Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

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    López-Cevallos, Daniel F. and Torres, Irene
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    En mayo de este año, la Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública dedicó un número especial a promover el proceso más reciente de reforma de salud en Ecuador como un caso exitoso en la región. En el artículo editorial, la directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Carissa Etienne,...
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    . Por tanto, es muy difícil que en el Ecuador y en otros países de la región se pueda en- tender la

  • "A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

    Creator:
    Watson, Annaliese
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    Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...
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    Masters Thesis
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    care, and improving access to medical care in obstetric emergencies through referral. Integrating

  • Expressions of modernity in rural Pakistan : searching for emic perspectives

    Creator:
    Niazi, Amarah
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    This dissertation examines women's lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and personal narratives to analyze social change through women's access to education and reproductive...
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    Dissertation
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    analyze social change through women’s access to education and reproductive health care in the village

  • Shattered lives : understanding obstetric fistula in Uganda

    Creator:
    Ruder, Bonnie J.
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    In Uganda, there are an estimated 200,000 women suffering from obstetric fistula, with 1,900 new cases expected annually. These figures, combined with a persistently high maternal mortality rate, have led to an international discourse that claims the solution to improving maternal health outcomes is facility-based delivery with a skilled birth...
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    Masters Thesis
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    emergency obstetric care is critical to prevent obstetric fistula in cases of obstructed labor, the