Contesting Measles and Vaccination in Pakistan : Cultural Beliefs, Structured Vulnerabilities, Mistrust, and Geo-Politics Hardback
by Inayat Ali
Part of the Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology series
Hardback
Description
This book explores issues surrounding measles and vaccination in Pakistan.
Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, it focuses on two major outbreaks in Sindh Province and on Pakistan’s vaccination campaigns.
The chapters examine the responses to outbreaks and vaccination from various stakeholders including local people, the Pakistani government and the WHO.
Inayat Ali reflects on the competing agendas, differing conceptualizations of measles and vaccination, and the factors that lie behind these contestations.
Situating outbreaks within the institutionalized form of disparities, he analyzes the rituals used to deal with measles and local resistance to vaccines in Pakistan.
The distinct imaginaries and practices related to measles and vaccination are considered in national and global context, and the book makes a valuable contribution to the development of an anthropology of vaccination and medical anthropology of Pakistan.
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Coming Soon
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:286 pages, 3 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:22/01/2025
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- ISBN:9781032151939
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Coming Soon
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:286 pages, 3 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:22/01/2025
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032151939
